Windhover

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Chiefly British A kestrel.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The common kestrel.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The kestrel; -- called also windbibber, windcuffer, windfanner.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A kind of hawk, the kestrel, Falco tinunculus or Tinnunculus alaudarius: so called from its hovering in the face of the wind. See kestrel. Also called windbibber, windcuffer, windfanner, windhawk, windsucker, vanner-hawk, staniel, etc.
    • Word Usage
    "This beautiful picture of a flying kestrel, or windhover, is courtesy of the folks at Stanford University: www. stanford.edu/~petelat1/kestrel. jpg"
    Variant
    windbibber    windcuffer    windfanner   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    staniel    kestrel   
     
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