English Explanatory Dictionary

kingfisher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
name
  1. A city, the county seat of Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɪŋˌfɪʃə/ en-us-kingfisher.ogg

Word forms

kingfisher kingfishers king's fisher

Etymology

Originally king's fisher, from Middle English kyngys fyschare; equivalent to king + fisher. So named for obscure reasons.

Related words

halcyon kookaburra

Derived words

banded kingfisher beach kingfisher belted kingfisher blue-banded kingfisher blue-capped kingfisher blue-eared kingfisher brown kingfisher common kingfisher dwarf kingfisher Eurasian kingfisher European kingfisher giant kingfisher great brown kingfisher Guam kingfisher jackass kingfisher kingfisher daisy kingfisherlike Kingfisher Shores kingy Leach's kingfisher moustached kingfisher paradise kingfisher pied kingfisher ringed kingfisher river kingfisher sacred kingfisher tree kingfisher water kingfisher white-throated kingfisher Kingfisher County

Translations

Abinomn: wokin Acehnese: cakeuëk Western Apache: taba̜a̜zhide Arabic: سَلْدَج Arabic: قِرِلَّى Armenian: ալկիոն Assamese: মাছৰোকা Early Assamese: মাছৰঙ্কা Asturian: verderríos Asturian: martinete Azerbaijani: zərricələr Basque: martin arrantzale Belarusian: зімародак Bengali: মাছরাঙা Breton: diredig Bulgarian: синьо рибарче Catalan: blauet Catalan: arner Catalan: alció Catalan: botiguer Cherokee: ᏧᎷ Chinese Mandarin: 翠鳥 /翠鸟 Chinese Mandarin: 魚狗 /鱼狗 Chinese Mandarin: 翡翠 Chinese Mandarin: 翡 Czech: ledňáček Danish: isfugl Dutch: ijsvogel Esperanto: alciono Faroese: kyrrfuglur Finnish: kuningaskalastaja French: martin-pêcheur Galician: gardarríos Galician: picapeixe Georgian: ჭარლი Georgian: ალკუნი German: Eisvogel Greek: αλκυόνη Ancient Greek: ἀλκυών Gujarati: કલકલિયો Hawaiian: pakūkaʻā Hebrew: שַׁלְדָּג Hungarian: jégmadár Icelandic: bláþyrill Ido: martin-peskero Indonesian: raja-udang Irish: cruidín Italian: martin pescatore Japanese: カワセミ Japanese: 翡翠 Japanese: 魚狗 Japanese: 川蝉 Japanese: ヒスイ Japanese: ショウビン Kapampangan: batala
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