Halcyon
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Marked by peace and prosperity
"A golden era"
"The halcyon days of the clipper trade"
(2)   Idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity
"A halcyon atmosphere"

noun


(3)   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
(4)   A large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World
(5)   (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher
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Proper noun



Halcyon
  1. : A zoological name at the rank of genus in the family Halcyonidae. Some of the tropical kingfishers belong to the genus Halcyon.
 
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