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<ornithology> 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. "Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be As halcyons brooding on a winter sea." (Dryden)
Origin: L. Halcyon, alcyon, Gr., F. Halcyon.
(01 Mar 1998)
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