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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
king-fisher .
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Examples
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He returned after a short ramble with a variety of game, among which were a crow, a kite, and a laughing jackass (alcedo gigantea,) a species of king's-fisher, a singular bird, found in every part of Australia.
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Volume 2 Charles Sturt 1832
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He returned after a short ramble with a variety of game, among which were a crow, a kite, and a laughing jackass (alcedo gigantea,) a species of king's-fisher, a singular bird, found in every part of Australia.
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Complete Charles Sturt 1832
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This sanguine little king's-fisher, (not prescient of the storm, as by his instinct he ought to be,) appearing at that uncertain season before the rigs of old Michaelmas were yet well composed, and when the inclement storms of winter were approaching, began to flicker over the seas, and was busy in building its halcyon nest, as if the angry ocean had been soothed by the genial breath of May.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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