Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuborder Alcedines — thetree kingfishers .
Etymologies
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Halcyon + -idae
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Kingfishers are all classified into the family Halcyonidae.
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Kingfishers are all classified into the family Halcyonidae.
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