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Definition of Alcedo

Alcedo
Alcedo Al*ce"do, n. [L., equiv. to Gr. ?. See Halcyon.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher (Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon.

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- Naturae. The type species is the common kingfisher (Alcedo ispida, now Alcedo atthis ispida). Alcedo is the Latin for "kingfisher". The genus contains the...
- The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized...
- USS Alcedo (SP-166) was a yacht in the United States Navy. She was the first American vessel lost in World War I. Alcedo was built in 1895 at Glasgow,...
- Alcedo is a genus of birds in the kingfisher subfamily Alcedininae. Alcedo may also refer to: Alcedo, Álava, a village in Lantarón muni****lity, Spain...
- The cerulean kingfisher (Alcedo coerulescens) is a kingfisher in the subfamily Alcedininae which is native to parts of Indonesia. With an overall metallic...
- German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas in 1764 and given the binomial name Alcedo cristata. The specific epithet cristata is from the Latin cristatus meaning...
- Alcedo is a hamlet and concejo in the muni****lity of Lantarón, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain. "Divisiones Administrativas SHP Líneas". GeoAraba...
- Coreura alcedo is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Max Wilhelm Karl Draudt in 1915. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen...
- Antonio de Alcedo (1735–1812) was a Spanish soldier and scholar. Alcedo was a military officer in the Spanish Army, and a notable historian and geographer...
- Alcedo Volcano is one of the six coalescing shield volcanoes that make up Isabela Island in the Galapagos. The remote location of the volcano has meant...