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.

Origin of kingfisher

1
1400–50; king + fisher; replacing king's fisher,late Middle English kinges fisher

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kingfisher

/ (ˈkɪŋˌfɪʃə) /


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

Origin of kingfisher

1
C15: originally king's fisher

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