HALCYON

halcyon. Halcyon, a. happy, quiet, calm, still; n. a bird

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Hal″cy‐on (hăl″sĭ‐ŏn), n. [[L. halcyon, alcyon, Gr. αλκυὥν, αλκυὤν: cf. F. halcyon.]] (Zoöl.) 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.