kingfisher
UK/ˈkɪŋˌfɪʃə/
kingfisher noun: any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
Noun
kingfisher (plural kingfishers)
- Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
- common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Proper noun capitalized: Kingfisher
Kingfisher
- A city, the county seat of Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States.
kingfisher meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
kingfisher in Hindi
- kingfisher
- मछरंगा machraṅgā
kingfisher in Tamil
- any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
- சிரல் ciral, மீன்கொத்தி mīṉkotti
kingfisher in Urdu
- نیل کنٹھ
kingfisher in Bengali
- any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
- মাছরাঙা machraṅa
More languagesFewer languages
- kingfisher in Malayalam
- മീൻകൊത്തി mīṉkotti, പൊന്മാൻ ponmāṉ
- kingfisher in Kannada
- ಮೀನ್ಚುಳ್ಳಿ, ಜಾಲಗಾರ ಹಕ್ಕಿ
- kingfisher in Punjabi
- ਮਛੇਰਾ macherā
- kingfisher in Gujarati
- કલકલિયો kalakliyo
- kingfisher in Assamese
- মাছৰোকা masrüka
- kingfisher in Tagalog
- susulbot
- kingfisher in Arabic
- سَلْدَج saldaj, قِرِلَّى qirillā, رَفْرَاف rafrāf
- kingfisher in Malay
- raja udang
- kingfisher in Indonesian
- raja-udang
- kingfisher in Persian
- ماهیخورک mâhi-xwark
- kingfisher in Thai
- กระเต็น grà-dten
- kingfisher in Vietnamese
- bói cá
- Kashmiri
- کۄلہٕ ٹوٗنٛچ kọlhụ ṭūnc
Forms of kingfisher
| plural | kingfishers |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | king's fisher |
Origin of kingfisher
Originally king's fisher, from Middle English kyngys fyschare; equivalent to king + fisher. So named for obscure reasons.
Either after a person named King Fisher, or a combination of the surnames King and Fisher.
Words formed from kingfisher
- Kingfisher County
- banded kingfisher
- beach kingfisher
- belted kingfisher
- blue-banded kingfisher
- blue-capped kingfisher
- blue-eared kingfisher
- brown kingfisher
- common kingfisher
- dwarf kingfisher
- Eurasian kingfisher
- European kingfisher
- giant kingfisher
- great brown kingfisher
- Guam kingfisher
- jackass kingfisher
- kingfisher daisy
- kingfisherlike
- Kingfisher Shores
- kingy
- Leach's kingfisher
- moustached kingfisher
- paradise kingfisher
- pied kingfisher
- ringed kingfisher
- river kingfisher
- sacred kingfisher
- tree kingfisher
- water kingfisher
- white-throated kingfisher
Phrases with kingfisher
Questions about kingfisher
- What does kingfisher mean?
- Kingfisher means any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
- What is kingfisher in Hindi?
- Kingfisher in Hindi is मछरंगा (machraṅgā). See Kingfisher meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is kingfisher?
- Kingfisher can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce kingfisher?
- Kingfisher is pronounced /ˈkɪŋˌfɪʃə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of kingfisher?
- The plural of kingfisher is kingfishers.
Words near kingfisher in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: kingfisher (page history and authors); Kingfisher (page history and authors); मछरंगा (Hindi) (page history and authors); kingfisher (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); kingfisher (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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