Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher.
Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.
The dead body of such a bird, said in Tudor times to act as a weather vane when hung from a beam.
A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
Morally corrupt
Vile, disgusting.
Totally objectionable