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Kestrel

noun
1.
Small North American falcon.  Synonyms: American kestrel, Falco sparverius, sparrow hawk.
2.
Small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind.  Synonym: Falco tinnunculus.





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"Kestrel" Quotes from Famous Books



... hymn outpouring, On the branch close by, Recks not for the kestrel soaring In the nether sky, Though the hawk with wings extended Poises over head, Motionless as though suspended By a viewless thread. See, he stoops, nay, shooting forward With the arrow's flight, Swift and straight away to nor'ward Sails he out of sight. ...
— Poems • Adam Lindsay Gordon


Words linked to "Kestrel" :   genus Falco, falcon, Falco


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