Alcedo

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Alcedo
    n 1: type genus of the Alcedinidae [syn: {Alcedo}, {genus
         Alcedo}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Alcedo \Al*ce"do\, n. [L., equiv. to Gr. ?. See {Halcyon}.]
   (Zool.)
   A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher
   ({Alcedo ispida}). See {Halcyon}.
   [1913 Webster]