English dictionary

Halcyon

/'h/&/ls/i//@/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

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.

adjective

Source: webster1913

(Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher

noun.person

Synonyms alcyone

Source: WordNet 3.0
a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World

noun.animal

Synonyms genus halcyon

Source: WordNet 3.0
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

noun.animal

Source: WordNet 3.0
A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (<i>Halcyon sancta</i>) of Australia.

noun

Source: webster1913