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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hal·cy·on n.  Zool. 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.
 Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be
 As halcyons brooding on a winter sea.   --Dryden.