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Dacelo

noun

Australasian kingfishers

• Syn: ↑genus Dacelo

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Alcedinidae, ↑family Alcedinidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑kookaburra, ↑laughing jackass, ↑Dacelo gigas

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\\dəˈsē(ˌ)lō\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, anagram of Alcedo

: a genus of Australasian kingfishers including the kookaburra

Useful english dictionary. 2012.