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English to English adjective
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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. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity | | Example: a halcyon atmosphere
source: wordnet30
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marked by peace and prosperity | | Example: a golden era
the halcyon days of the clipper trade
source: wordnet30 noun
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(Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher | | source: wordnet30
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a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World | | source: wordnet30
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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 | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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