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kingfisher

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1. kingfisher - Noun

2. Kingfisher - Proper noun

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Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidae. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly abundant in the East Indies.

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Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals. T. E. Lawrence

The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death. Robert Jordan

The feeling of a prisoner who touches a wall And knows that beyond it valleys spread, Oaks stand in summer splendor, a jay flies And a kingfisher changes a river to a marvel. Czesław Miłosz

The grasshopper flies about, but the kingfisher watches him. Samoan Proverb

A little ahead, a black-capped kingfisher swoops down at lightning speed to prey on a fish. Source: Internet

A pied kingfisher killing a fish it has caught Like many forest-living kingfishers, the yellow-billed kingfisher often nests in arboreal termite nests. Source: Internet

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