Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The husband of Alcyone.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ornithology, a genus of kingfishers, of the family Alcedinidæ and subfamily Daceloninæ, characterized by having only three developed toes. The type is C. tridactyla. There are several species in India and the East Indies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Alcedinidae .
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Examples
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Daughter of Aeolus, the ruler of the winds, she was married to Ceyx, the king of Thessaly.
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Because Seena believed love lived in literature, mythology: between Alcyone and Ceyx, Hero and Leander, Orpheus and Eurydice.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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One day, news reached her that Ceyx had drowned at sea, so in despair, Alcyone threw herself into the sea to join him in his watery grave.
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If you enjoyed that story about Alcyone, then you might be interested to know that the river kingfishers are placed into the genus Ceyx.
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Because Seena believed love lived in literature, mythology: between Alcyone and Ceyx, Hero and Leander, Orpheus and Eurydice.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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Daughter of Aeolus, the ruler of the winds, she was married to Ceyx, the king of Thessaly.
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Because Seena believed love lived in literature, mythology: between Alcyone and Ceyx, Hero and Leander, Orpheus and Eurydice.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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If you enjoyed that story about Alcyone, then you might be interested to know that the river kingfishers are placed into the genus Ceyx.
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One day, news reached her that Ceyx had drowned at sea, so in despair, Alcyone threw herself into the sea to join him in his watery grave.
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“Marriage of Ceyx” may have come immediately after the
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