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n. A kingfisher, especially one of the genus Halcyon.

n. A fabled bird, identified with the kingfisher, that was supposed to have had the power to calm the wind and the waves while it nested on the sea during the winter solstice.

adj. Calm and peaceful; tranquil.

adj. Prosperous; golden: halcyon years.

n. In classical legends, a bird said to nest on the sea, thereby calming the waters; later usually identified with a type of kingfisher, hence (poetic) a kingfisher.

n. A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher Halcyon sancta of Australia.

adj. Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher

adj. Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.

n. A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.

adj. Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice.

adj. Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy.

n. An old and poetical name of the kingfisher.

n. In ornithology: A kingfisher of the subfamily Halcyoninæ or Dacelouinæ, and especially of the genus Halcyon: as, the white-headed halcyon, Halcyon semicœrulea.

n. [capitalized] [NL.] The typical genus of kingfishers of the subfamily Halcyoninæ.

n. Halcyon days (see below); calm; quietude.

Of, pertaining to, or connected with the halcyon or kingfisher.

Belonging to halcyon days (see below); calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy.

Hence — Days of peace and tranquillity.

adj. idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity

n. a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World

n. (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher

adj. marked by peace and prosperity

n. a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves

"Last Friday we had a very entertaining time of proofreading the Guide, aided by candy and fave tunes from the 80s provided by Miss Touch-Me Pod, whose little speaker recalls the halcyon days of AM transistor radios."

peaceful    peaceable    happy   

bird genus    mythical being   

halcyon days   

quiet    peaceful    undisturbed    happy    calm    serene    relaxed    blissful    prelapsarian    at peace   

Halcion   

unbreathing    snow-fed    balmy    uneventful    unmastered    cloudless    foam-crested    bull-baiting    untroubled    thousand-year