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# kingfisher

noun (a kingfisher, kingfishers)

«kingfisher» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A kingfisher is a small, brightly coloured bird with a big head and a long sharp beak that dives into water to catch fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingfisher/#m1)
2. Some kingfishers, such as the Australian kookaburra, are large and catch lizards and insects on land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingfisher/#m2)

### In the lessons

In nature lessons in the UK and Ireland, the common kingfisher is a bright blue and orange river bird; seeing one is a special sighting. In Australia and New Zealand, kookaburras and sacred kingfishers are kinds of kingfisher. Engineers in Japan copied the kingfisher's beak shape to make a quieter, faster bullet train (biomimicry). Phrases: «a flash of blue», «kingfisher blue».

### Examples

- A kingfisher dived into the river and caught a fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingfisher/#x1)
- We saw a flash of blue — a kingfisher! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingfisher/#x2)
- The kookaburra is a big kingfisher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingfisher/#x3)
- Kingfishers nest in tunnels in riverbanks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingfisher/#x4)
- The bullet train's nose was copied from a kingfisher's beak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingfisher/#x5)
- Kingfishers need clean rivers with lots of small fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingfisher/#x6)

### Note

Countable; one word. A kingfisher is not related to kings; the name means it is a very good «fisher».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «kingfisher» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kingfisher/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«kingfisher» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/kingfisher.html) on Mova free.