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from The Century Dictionary.
- A subfamily of Alcedinidæ, taking name from the genus Halcyon, and containing the insectivorous and reptilivorous kingfishers, as distinguished from the Alcedininæ, which are piscivorous: synonymous with Daceloninæ.
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