kingfisher

See also: Kingfisher

English

kingfisher (1.1)

kingfisher (plural kingfishers)

Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.

any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines

Acehnese: cakeuëk
Assamese: মাছৰোকা (masrüka)
Azerbaijani: zərricələr
Basque: martin arrantzale
Breton: diredig
Catalan: blauet m, arner m, alció (ca) m, botiguer (ca) m
Cherokee: ᏧᎷ (tsulu)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 翠鳥 (zh), 翠鸟 (zh) (cuìniǎo), 魚狗 (zh), 鱼狗 (zh) (yúgǒu), 翡翠 (zh) (fěicuì), 翡 (zh) (fěi)
Czech: ledňáček (cs) m
Danish: isfugl c
Dutch: ijsvogel (nl) m
Faroese: kyrrfuglur m
Finnish: kuningaskalastaja (fi)
French: martin-pêcheur (fr) m
German: Eisvogel (de) m
Greek: αλκυόνη (el) f (alkyóni)
Gujarati: કલકલિયો (kalkaliyo)
Hawaiian: pakūkaʻā
Hungarian: jégmadár (hu)
Ido: martin-peskero (io)
Indonesian: raja-udang
Irish: cruidín
Italian: martin pescatore (it) m
Latin: alcedo
Luxembourgish: Äisvull m
Macedonian: рибарче n (ribarče)

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