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nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish

nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish

A bird with very brilliant or kingly plumage, which feeds on fish, the halcyon.

Small bird which feeds on fish.

A bird having a straight, deeply cleft bill, and in the habit of diving for fish.

n. A bird of the genus Alcedo. It has a gay plumage, and lives on fish, which it takes by darting down into the water.