Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to the Milvinæ, or having their characters.
  • noun A member of the Milvinæ, any kite.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A bird related to the kite.
  • adjective (Zoöl.) Of or resembling birds of the kite kind.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective zoology Of or resembling birds of the kite kind.

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Examples

  • OW 1868-1885 OW larine gull OW tringine sandpiper OW meleagrine turkey W trochilidine humming - milvine kite 1727-1842 bird 1885 OW OW trochiline humming - nestorine kea, kaka W bird W phasianine pheasant turdine thrush 1890 1868

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 1 1977

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