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Meanings of
kingfisher
in English
Russian
зимородковые
Portuguese
guarda-rios
Spanish
alcedinidae
Catalan
alcediní
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Family of birds.
kingfishers
alcedinidae
river kingfishers
Related terms
taxon
Russian
зимородковые
Ship class.
kingfisher-class sloop
Related terms
ship class
Usage of
kingfisher
in English
1
And as an azure
kingfisher
darted above the reeds, the poet cried:
2
A
kingfisher
screamed past, following the limpid turquoise edge of the shore.
3
So that the keen plaintive whistle of a
kingfisher
was almost startling.
4
The
kingfisher
was there ahead of us with his loud clicking reel.
5
If you're lucky you might glimpse a
kingfisher
or a wild cat.
6
It was, as Toby told us, a laughing-jackass, or a gigantic
kingfisher
.
7
A
kingfisher
swept by them with a voice like a watchman's rattle.
8
There's even the sighting of a
kingfisher
down by the ninth hole.
9
The name of a war god incarnate in the
kingfisher
bird.
10
The
kingfisher
was preening his small many-hued body in the sun.
11
The
kingfisher
sees them as he shoots through the barrel of the culvert.
12
In the rivers, and different creeks, you number six species of the
kingfisher
.
13
He photographed everything from tawny owls to venomous adders to-ofcourse-theroyal
kingfisher
.
14
Later in the day, one of the companions saw a
kingfisher
.
15
The staff in its hands crackled with runes; Odin's mindsword gleamed
kingfisher
blue.
16
Then the owl flew to a promontory and hailed the
kingfisher
.
Other examples for "kingfisher"
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About this term
kingfisher
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
see a kingfisher
say the kingfisher
blue kingfisher
tail kingfisher
young kingfisher
More collocations
Translations for
kingfisher
Russian
зимородковые
alcedinidae
Portuguese
guarda-rios
Spanish
alcedinidae
Catalan
alcediní
Kingfisher
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Kingfisher
across language varieties
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