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 .
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- noun zoology The
kestrel orwindhover
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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