Etymology

Leach's kingfisher

Today it means: The blue-winged kookaburra, Dacelo leachii, of northern Australia and New Guinea. Full definition →

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The story

Named after William Elford Leach (1791–1836), English zoologist and marine biologist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.