Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The kestrel or windhover, Falco tinnunculus or Tinnunculus alaudarius. See cut under Tinnunculus.

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

  • noun (Zoöl.) See stannel.

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

  • noun zoology The kestrel or windhover

Etymologies

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From Middle English staniel ("bird of prey"), from Old English stānġiella ("staniel, pelican"; literally, "stone-yeller"), from stān ("stone") + ġiella ("yeller"). More at stone, yell.

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