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Deutsche Eisvoegel Synonyme

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Englische kingfisher halcyon Synonyme

Eisvoegel Definition

Halcyon
(n.) A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
Halcyon
(a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice.
Halcyon
(a.) Hence: Calm
Kingfisher
(n.) Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidae. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak

kingfisher halcyon / kingfishers Bedeutung

halcyon a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves
kingfisher nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill, usually crested and brightolored, feed mostly on fish
Eurasian kingfisher
Alcedo atthis
small kingfisher with greenish-blue and orange plumage
belted kingfisher
Ceryle alcyon
greyish-blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chest
Halcyon
genus Halcyon
a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World
Alcyone
Halcyon
(Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher
kingfisher daisy
Felicia bergeriana
softly hairy South African herb having flowers with bright blue rays
golden
halcyon
prosperous
marked by peace and prosperity, a golden era, the halcyon days of the clipper trade
halcyon idyllically calm and peaceful, suggesting happy tranquillity, a halcyon atmosphere
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