kingfisher

kingfisher
noun
  1. an often brightly coloured bird with a large head and long sharp beak, typically diving for fish from a perch. Many of the tropical kinds live in forests and feed on terrestrial prey such as insects and lizards
    翠鸟
  2. Family Alcedinidae: many genera and numerous species, e.g. the small river kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), with bright blue and orange plumage, found from Europe to Australasia
    翠鸟科:多属,众多种,如产于欧洲及澳洲的、生有明亮的蓝色和橙色羽毛的普通翠鸟(拉丁名Alcedo atthis)
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