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windhover (gcide) | Kestrel \Kes"trel\ (k[e^]s"tr[e^]l), n. [See Castrel.] (Zool.)
A small, slender European hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied
to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and
spotted with white and black. Also called windhover and
stannel. The name is also applied to other allied species.
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Note: This word is often used in contempt, as of a mean kind
of hawk. "Kites and kestrels have a resemblance with
hawks." --Bacon.
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Windhover (gcide) | Windhover \Wind"hov`er\, n. [From its habit of hovering over one
spot.] (Zool.)
The kestrel; -- called also windbibber, windcuffer,
windfanner. [Prov. Eng.]
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Windhover (gcide) | Kestrel \Kes"trel\ (k[e^]s"tr[e^]l), n. [See Castrel.] (Zool.)
A small, slender European hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied
to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and
spotted with white and black. Also called windhover and
stannel. The name is also applied to other allied species.
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Note: This word is often used in contempt, as of a mean kind
of hawk. "Kites and kestrels have a resemblance with
hawks." --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]Windhover \Wind"hov`er\, n. [From its habit of hovering over one
spot.] (Zool.)
The kestrel; -- called also windbibber, windcuffer,
windfanner. [Prov. Eng.]
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