halcyon

باللغة العربية: قَاوُوند، طَائِر الرَّفْرَاف

1. A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
2. The dead body of such a bird, said in Tudor times to act as a weather vane when hung from a beam.
3. A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.

الجمع halcyons