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halcyon
 
Adjective halcyon has 2 senses
  1. halcyon - idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity; "a halcyon atmosphere"
    Antonym:     unpeaceful (indirect, via peaceful)
  2. golden, halcyon, prosperous - marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon days of the clipper trade"
    Antonym: unhappy (indirect, via happy)
Noun halcyon has 3 senses
  1. Alcyone, Halcyon - (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher
    --1 is a kind of mythical being
  2. Halcyon, genus Halcyon - a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World
    --2 is a kind of bird genus
    --2 is a member of Alcedinidae, family Alcedinidae
  3. halcyon - 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
    --3 is a kind of     mythical being
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