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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- king's fisher (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kingfisher (plural kingfishers)
- Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
Derived terms[edit]
- banded kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella)
- beach kingfisher (Todiramphus saurophagus)
- belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- dwarf kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei)
- Eurasian kingfisher/European kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- kingfisher daisy (Felicia bergeriana)
- paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera spp.)
- pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
- river kingfisher (Alcedinidae, esp., Alcedo atthis)
- tree kingfisher (Halcyoninae)
- water kingfisher (Cerylinae)
- white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
Translations[edit]
any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
kingfisher on Wikipedia.Wikipedia