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Alcedo   Listen
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Alcedo  n.  (Zool.) A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher (Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon.






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"Alcedo" Quotes from Famous Books



... KINGFISHER (Alcedo ispida).—This beautiful creature darts out of the reeds bordering the Itchen, and it used to be at Chandler's Ford before the place was so populated. It seems also to haunt ponds or marshy places in woods, for a young full-fledged one was ...
— John Keble's Parishes • Charlotte M Yonge



Words linked to "Alcedo" :   Alcedinidae, Alcedo atthis, genus Alcedo, bird genus



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