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king-hunters

king-hunters is the plural of king-hunter.

Meaning of king-hunter

Noun

king-hunter (plural king-hunters)

  1. (obsolete) 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

Questions about king-hunters

What is king-hunters the plural of?
King-hunters is the plural of king-hunter.

Words near king-hunters in the dictionary

  1. king-cure
  2. king-hell
  3. king-hit
  4. king-hits
  5. king-hunter
  6. king-hunters
  7. King-Kopetzky syndrome
  8. king-of-arms
  9. king-of-the-salmon
  10. king-size
  11. king-sized

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