king-hunter
king-hunter noun: any of the kingfishers that primarily hunt on land rather than taking prey from the water.
Noun
king-hunter (plural king-hunters)
- Any of the kingfishers that primarily hunt on land rather than taking prey from the water.
- They belong to that division of the family termed king-hunters, living chiefly on insects and small land-molluscs, which they dart down upon and pick up from the ground, just as a kingfisher picks a fish out of the water. They are confined to a very limited area, comprising the Moluccas, New Guinea...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 468
Forms of king-hunter
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Questions about king-hunter
- What does king-hunter mean?
- King-hunter means any of the kingfishers that primarily hunt on land rather than taking prey from the water.
- What part of speech is king-hunter?
- King-hunter is a noun.
- What is the plural of king-hunter?
- The plural of king-hunter is king-hunters.
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