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Webster 1913 Edition
Alcedo
Webster 1828 Edition
Alcedo
ALCE'DO
,Noun.
The king fisher; a genus of birds, of the order of Picae. The species are numerous. They usually live about rivers, feeding on fish, which they take by darting into the water with surprising velocity. [See Halcyon.]
Definition 2024
Alcedo
Alcedo
See also: alcedo
Translingual
Alcedo atthis
Proper noun
Alcedo f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Alcedinidae – typical kingfishers.
See also
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Alcedo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Alcedo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
alcedo
alcedo
See also: Alcedo
Latin
Alternative forms
- halcēdo
Noun
alcēdō f (genitive alcēdinis); third declension
- The halcyon; kingfisher.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | alcēdō | alcēdinēs |
| genitive | alcēdinis | alcēdinum |
| dative | alcēdinī | alcēdinibus |
| accusative | alcēdinem | alcēdinēs |
| ablative | alcēdine | alcēdinibus |
| vocative | alcēdō | alcēdinēs |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- alcedine
- alcēdōnia
Descendants
- Spanish: alcedón
References
- alcedo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ALCEDO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “alcedo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.