คำว่า ' halcyon ' ( N )
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คำนิยามในภาษาอังกฤษ (definition) :
[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.
[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.
[a.] Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy.