Thesaurus: halcyon

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1. n. A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
2. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice.
3. a. Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy.
4. adj. idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity
5. adj. marked by peace and prosperity
6. n. a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves
7. A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia. Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be As halcyons brooding on a winter sea. Dryden. 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice. 2. Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy. "Deep, halcyon repose." De Quincy.
8. A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genusincluding a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, asthe sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be As halcyons brooding on awinter sea. Dryden.
9. n:100 n. a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World n. a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves s. idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity