Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

belted kingfisher

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.53 in modern English

Syllables: belt-ed k-ing-fish-er
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Megaceryle alcyon, a North American species of kingfisher.

Example Sentences

"The jaunty wood-duck smiled and bowed; The belted kingfisher laughed aloud,"
"It is called a belted kingfisher because of the blue-gray band across the breast of the male, with an additional reddish band below the blue-gray one on females."

Inflected Forms

belted kingfishers (plural)

Synonyms

ceryle alcyon

Questions

What does belted kingfisher mean?: Megaceryle alcyon, a North American species of kingfisher.

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