alcedinine (alsedinin)

[ kingfisher; Gr. άλκυών, > L. alcyon, halcyon, a kingfisher: see halcyon.] genus of kingfishers, of the family Alcedinide and subfamily Alcedininæ, giving name to these. A. ispida is the common species of Europe. See Alcedinidæ and kingfisher. Alcelaphinæ (al-sel-a-fi'në), n. pl. [NL., lopes, containing large species, such as those of the genera Alcelaphus and Connochates, or the bubaline antelopes of Africa - the hart-beests, blesboks, and gnus. See cut under blesbok.