genus halcyon

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsHalcyon

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofAlcedinidae

Questions about genus halcyon

What does genus halcyon mean?

genus halcyon means "a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World".

What is another word for genus halcyon?

Close synonyms include Halcyon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus halcyon a common word?

genus halcyon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.