(Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher.
A large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World.
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Examples for "Alcyone "
Examples for "Alcyone "
1 The story of Ceyx and Alcyone is beautifully told in Ovid, Met.
2 You know that the sun and all its planets are revolving around the star Alcyone .
3 The sun is the centre of a solar globe of ether, revolving in prana around Alcyone .
4 And she does not mean the upper globes in the stellar system of Alcyone and its companions.
5 One of the medium sized worlds that revolve around Alcyone sustains the shortest lived human beings of our universe.
Marked by peace and prosperity.
Другие значения термина "halcyon" 1 The next four years were the halcyon days of English table tennis.
2 Remember those halcyon days when Brexit was the subject of every headline?
3 Oh college - those halcyon days of young love, bong hits, and communicable diseases.
4 My halcyon memories of holidays in Ireland are marred by occasional smudges.
5 Even a tramp, in those halcyon days, could get most frequently drunk.
6 But this was before the halcyon day of Mr. Broune's second offer.
7 The clear sky held for three days longer, calm, bright, halcyon weather.
8 The days went by, days that were halcyon under love's own sunshine.
9 In fact, it's been online since the halcyon days of June.
10 It was a halcyon time for me -and perhaps for the city.
11 But even for the canal population of Holland the halcyon days are past.
12 I have learned to prize such, as the halcyon prelude to the storm.
13 Since those halcyon days, Bill Oddie has turned to the art of… Audio
14 The halcyon weather held for two weeks, the delicate weather of Indian summer.
15 That is what a man wants in a wife, the halcyon .
16 The halcyon was brooding, not much smaller herself than the nest.
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