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halcyon days| Period of two weeks of calm seas around the winter solstice, when the mythical halcyon (a bird identified with the kingfisher) was brooding over a nest at sea. |
| In Greek mythology Alcyone, a daughter of Aeolus, threw herself into the sea on learning of her husband Ceyx's death during a voyage. She was transformed into a bird and calm was assured for a period in which her eggs could hatch. |
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