noun
greyish-blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chest
• Syn: ↑Ceryle alcyon
• Hypernyms: ↑kingfisher
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ceryle, ↑genus Ceryle
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noun : a No. American kingfisher (Ceryle, or Megaceryle, alcyon) that is about a foot long and slate-blue above and white below with a chestnut band across the breast and is sometimes a pest about fish hatcheries
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a grayish-blue, North American kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon, having a white breast marked with a grayish-blue band. See illus. under kingfisher.
[1805-15, Amer.]
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belted kingfisher,
an American kingfisher with a dull-blue body above, white below, a crested head and a bluish belt on the breast.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.