Alcedo


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Noun1.Alcedo - type genus of the AlcedinidaeAlcedo - type genus of the Alcedinidae  
bird genus - a genus of birds
Alcedo atthis, Eurasian kingfisher - small kingfisher with greenish-blue and orange plumage
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It has a scientific name Alcedo cyanopectus, and belongs to the Alcedinidae family of bird species.
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The 30 foot long motor cruiser The Alcedo Atthis that ran aground on the Tusker Rock in 2015
A pesar de esto, a dos anos de declarada la Independencia del Peru, hizo su aparicion en Santiago de Chile, proveniente de Lima, Jose Bernardo Alcedo.
Ha sido utilizado en poblacion con patologias cerebrales, aplicado tanto a pacientes como a sus cuidadores (Huertas-Hoyas, PedreroPerez, Martinez-Campos y Laselle-Lopez, 2016; Ruiz-Sanchez de Leon et al., 2015) y en estudios transculturales (Gonzalez Roscigno, Mujica Diaz, Teran Mendoza, Guerrero Alcedo y Arroyo Alvarado, 2016; Mendoza, Cuello y Lopez, 2016; Teran-Mendoza, Sira-Ramos, Guerrero-Alcedo y ArroyoAlvarado, 2016).