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Alcedinidae

noun

kingfishers

• Syn: ↑family Alcedinidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Coraciiformes, ↑order Coraciiformes

• Member Meronyms:

↑kingfisher, ↑Alcedo, ↑genus Alcedo, ↑Ceryle, ↑genus Ceryle, ↑Dacelo, ↑genus Dacelo, ↑Halcyon, ↑genus Halcyon

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\\ˌalsəˈdinəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Alcedin-, Alcedo, type genus + -idae

: a large family of large-headed short-bodied birds comprising the kingfishers and constituting a suborder (Alcedines) of the order Coraciiformes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.