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kingfisher

[ king-fish-er ]

noun

  1. any of numerous fish- or insect-eating birds of the family Alcedinidae that have a large head and a long, stout bill and are usually crested and brilliantly colored.


kingfisher

/ ˈ°ìɪŋˌ´Úɪʃə /

noun

  1. any coraciiform bird of the family Alcedinidae, esp the Eurasian Alcedo atthis, which has a greenish-blue and orange plumage. Kingfishers have a large head, short tail, and long sharp bill and tend to live near open water and feed on fish
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of kingfisher1

1400–50; king + fisher; replacing king's fisher, late Middle English kinges fisher
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of kingfisher1

C15: originally king's fisher
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Along the River Otter Mr Burgess tells me the beavers have created wetlands that now host species such as great white egrets and kingfishers.

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Volunteers who monitor the site have seen kingfishers for the first time.

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Then he gave me the sack of gunpowder that he had acquired in exchange for the kingfisher feathers and walked into the spicers’ district with his arms joyously spread.

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A pair of kingfishers have become the earliest to start building a nest ahead of breeding at Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire.

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The Wye flows along the English-Welsh border and is home to otters, kingfishers and the endangered Atlantic Salmon.

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