kingfisher

See also: Kingfisher

English

kingfisher (1.1)

Alternative forms

• king's fisher (obsolete)

Etymology

From king +‎ fisher.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪŋˌfɪʃə/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

kingfisher (plural kingfishers)

2. 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.
   1. common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Derived terms

• banded kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella)
• beach kingfisher (Todiramphus saurophagus)
• belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
• blue-banded kingfisher (Alcedo euryzona)
• blue-capped kingfisher (Actenoides hombroni)
• blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
• brown kingfisher
• common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
• dwarf kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei)
• Eurasian kingfisher/European kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
• giant kingfisher
• great brown kingfisher
• jackass kingfisher
• kingfisher daisy (Felicia bergeriana)
• Leach's kingfisher
• moustached kingfisher
• paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera spp.)
• pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
• ringed kingfisher
• river kingfisher (Alcedinidae, especially, Alcedo atthis)
• sacred kingfisher
• tree kingfisher (Halcyoninae)
• water kingfisher (Cerylinae)
• white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

 

Translations

any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines

• Abinomn: wokin
• Acehnese: cakeuëk
• Apache:

  Western Apache: taba̜a̜zhide

• Armenian: ալկիոն (hy) (alkion)
• Assamese: মাছৰোকা (masrüka)
• Asturian: verderríos (ast), martinete (ast)
• Azerbaijani: zərricələr
• Basque: martin arrantzale
• Belarusian: зімародак m (zimaródak)
• Breton: diredig
• Bulgarian: синьо рибарче n (sinjo ribarče)
• Catalan: blauet (ca) m, arner m, alció (ca) m, botiguer (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᏧᎷ (tsulu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 翠鳥 / 翠鸟 (zh) (cuìniǎo), 魚狗 / 鱼狗 (zh) (yúgǒu), 翡翠 (zh) (fěicuì), 翡 (zh) (fěi)

• Czech: ledňáček (cs) m
• Danish: isfugl c
• Dutch: ijsvogel (nl) m
• Early Assamese: মাছৰঙ্কা (machoroṅka)
• Esperanto: alciono
• Faroese: kyrrfuglur m
• Finnish: kuningaskalastaja (fi)
• French: martin-pêcheur (fr) m
• Galician: gardarríos m, picapeixe (gl) m
• Georgian: ჭარლი (č̣arli), ალკუნი (alḳuni)
• German: Eisvogel (de) m
• Greek: αλκυόνη (el) f (alkyóni)

  Ancient: ἀλκυών f (alkuṓn)

• Gujarati: કલકલિયો (kalakliyo)
• Hawaiian: pakūkaʻā
• Hebrew: שַׁלְדָּג (he) m (shaldág)
• Hungarian: jégmadár (hu)
• Icelandic: bláþyrill (is) m
• Ido: martin-peskero (io)
• Indonesian: raja-udang
• Irish: cruidín
• Italian: martin pescatore (it) m
• Japanese: カワセミ (かわせみ, kawasemi), 翡翠 (ja) (かわせみ, kawasemi), 魚狗 (かわせみ, kawasemi), 川蝉 (ja) (かわせみ, kawasemi), ヒスイ (ひすい, hisui), 翡翠 (ja) (ひすい, hisui), ショウビン (しょうびん, shōbin), 翡翠 (ja) (しょうびん, shōbin) (larger species)
• Kapampangan: batala
• Kashmiri: کۄلہٕ ٹوٗنٛچ (kọlhụ ṭūnc)
• Latin: alcēdō
• Latvian: zivju dzenītis m
• Luxembourgish: Äisvull m
• Macedonian: рибарче n (ribarče)
• Malagasy: vintsy (mg)
• Malay: raja udang m
• Malayalam: മീൻകൊത്തി (ml) (mīṉkotti), പൊന്മാൻ (ponmāṉ)
• Maori: kōtare
• Nanai: судуй (suduj)
• Navajo: tábąąh naalzheehii
• Norman: pêtcheux m
• Old English: īsearn m, fisċere m
• Persian: ماهی‌خورک (mâhi-xwark)
• Plautdietsch: Iesvoagel n
• Polish: zimorodek (pl) m
• Portuguese: martim-pescador (pt) m, guarda-rios m, pica-peixe (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਮਛੇਰਾ m (macherā)
• Romanian: pescăruș albastru m
• Russian: зиморо́док (ru) m (zimoródok)
• Scottish Gaelic: biorra-crùidein m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: водомар m

  Roman: vodomar (sh) m

• Slovene: vodómec (sl) m
• Southern Ohlone: carsaywa
• Spanish: martín pescador m
• Swedish: kungsfiskare (sv) c
• Tagalog: susulbot
• Tamil: சிரல் (ta) (ciral), மீன்கொத்தி (ta) (mīṉkotti)
• Thai: กระเต็น (th) (grà-dten)
• Tongan: sikotā
• Turkish: yalıçapkını (tr)
• Ukrainian: зимородок m (zymorodok), рибалочка f (rybaločka), водомороз m (vodomoroz), іванок m (ivanok)
• Venetan: pionbìn m
• Vietnamese: bói cá (vi)
• Volapük: gladaböd (♂♀)
• Walloon: rwè-pexheu (wa) m, mårtén-pexheu (wa) m
• Welsh: glas y dorlan m, pioden y dŵr f, pysgotwr (cy) m

See also

• halcyon
• kookaburra

References

• kingfisher on Wikipedia.Wikipedia