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Meanings of kingfisher in inglés

ruso
зимородковые
portugués
guarda-rios
español
alcedinidae
catalán
alcediní
Wikidata

Family of birds.

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        alcedinidae
        Wikidata

        Ship class.

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              Sinónimos
              Examples for "kingfishers"
              Examples for "kingfishers"
              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
              Usage of kingfisher in inglés
              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
              6
              It was, as Toby told us, a laughing-jackass, or a gigantic kingfisher.
              Adventures in Australia
              7
              A kingfisher swept by them with a voice like a watchman's rattle.
              Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3)
              8
              There's even the sighting of a kingfisher down by the ninth hole.
              The Irish Times
              9
              The name of a war god incarnate in the kingfisher bird.
              Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before
              10
              The kingfisher was preening his small many-hued body in the sun.
              Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 18, 1917
              11
              The kingfisher sees them as he shoots through the barrel of the culvert.
              The Open Air
              12
              In the rivers, and different creeks, you number six species of the kingfisher.
              The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure
              13
              He photographed everything from tawny owls to venomous adders to-ofcourse-theroyal kingfisher.
              Wired
              14
              Later in the day, one of the companions saw a kingfisher.
              The Irish Times
              15
              The staff in its hands crackled with runes; Odin's mindsword gleamed kingfisher blue.
              Runemarks
              16
              Then the owl flew to a promontory and hailed the kingfisher.
              The Adventures of Prince Lazybones, and Other Stories
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              Translations for kingfisher
              portugués
              guarda-rios
              español
              alcedinidae
              catalán
              alcediní
              Kingfisher through the time
              Kingfisher across language varieties
              United Kingdom
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