any of several owls of the family Tytonidae, having a heart-shaped facial disk. [1665–75] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. ...
Both Indian kingfishers use partial or full plunge-dive, and apparently need clear water in the estuary to forage in this way. Similarly, Anderson et al. (2013) found water transparency to be positively correlated with the abundance of Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) on the Ohio River. ...
while house flies prefer to breed in the garbage and other waste. Fruit flies breed in fermented materials like overripe fruit and sticky residues, whereas fungus gnats like to breed in the overwatered soil of potted plants. Some flies, like the cluster fly, don...