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Meanings of kingfishers in English

Russian
зимородковые
Portuguese
guarda-rios
Spanish
alcedinidae
Catalan
alcediní
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Family of birds.

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        зимородковые
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        Examples for "kingfisher"
        Examples for "kingfisher"
        1
        And as an azure kingfisher darted above the reeds, the poet cried:
        Romance of the Rabbit
        2
        A kingfisher screamed past, following the limpid turquoise edge of the shore.
        The Lady of Big Shanty
        3
        So that the keen plaintive whistle of a kingfisher was almost startling.
        The Amateur Poacher
        4
        The kingfisher was there ahead of us with his loud clicking reel.
        Locusts and Wild Honey
        5
        If you're lucky you might glimpse a kingfisher or a wild cat.
        The Guardian
        Usage of kingfishers in English
        1
        Swans glide by with their signets, and we spot two flitting kingfishers.
        Independent.ie
        2
        Some kingfishers lurked along the watercourses, but they didn't let us approach.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
        3
        None of the kingfishers are so brilliant in colour as our English species.
        The Naturalist on the River Amazons
        4
        For kingfishers often move down to the estuary waters in winter.
        The Irish Times
        5
        You'll find the often brilliantly colored kingfishers all over the world.
        Wired
        6
        When next in London I must get you to show me your kingfishers.
        Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2
        7
        The auklet, the puffin and the kingfishers burrow into the friendly and solid earth.
        The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observ...
        8
        The kingfishers were always in a hurry, and their colours were fussy and discordant.
        "Wee Tim'rous Beasties": Studies of Animal life and Character
        9
        So those unhappy mortals became the first kingfishers, happy at last in being reunited.
        The Curious Book of Birds
        10
        You'll see herons and dippers and kingfishers on the way.
        Independent.ie
        11
        The kingfishers do land there, and tend to fish from a nearby hanging branch.
        The Irish Times
        12
        We saw also several sea-birds, gulls, and kingfishers, making their nests in the branches.
        Trips to the Moon
        13
        Then there were little kingfishers and starfish studding the soil.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
        14
        Already four little baby kingfishers have pecked their way out of the white shells.
        Stories of Birds
        15
        Snipe are on every batture, and sand-pipers, with kingfishers and all the lesser waders.
        The New North
        16
        They poled through the reeds so swiftly that even kingfishers could move no faster.
        Winter’s Tale
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        Translations for kingfishers
        Portuguese
        guarda-rios
        Catalan
        alcediní
        Kingfishers through the time
        Kingfishers across language varieties
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