alcedo

Alcedo is a genus of birds in the Alcedinidae family.It contains the following species:Blyth's Kingfisher (Alcedo hercules)Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)Half-collared Kingfisher (Alcedo semitorquata)Shining Blue Kingfisher (Alcedo quadribrachys)Blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)Azure Kingfisher (Alcedo azurea)Bismarck Kingfisher (Alcedo websteri)Blue-banded Kingfisher (Alcedo euryzona)Indigo-banded Kingfisher (Alcedo cyanopectus)Silvery Kingfisher (Alcedo argentata)Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata)Madagascar Kingfisher (Alcedo vintsioides)São Tomé Kingfisher (Alcedo thomensis)Príncipe Kingfisher (Alcedo nais)White-bellied Kingfisher (Alcedo leucogaster)Small Blue Kingfisher (Alcedo coerulescens)Little Kingfisher (Alcedo pusilla)
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Noun
1. type genus of the Alcedinidae
(synonym) genus Alcedo
(hypernym) bird genus
(member-holonym) Alcedinidae, family Alcedinidae
(member-meronym) Eurasian kingfisher, Alcedo atthis

(n.)
A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher (Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon.
  

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halcyon; kingfisher; sea birds (pl.)