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Here are plenty of water-rail, blue kingfishes, and metallic dragon-flies, the latter skimming over the still water, daintily touching the surface now and again.

From The Pearl of India by Ballou, Maturin Murray

A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; Ð also improperly called whiting.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah