The kite (Milvus regalis). Now chiefly northern and Scottish (in form gled).
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释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > kites > genus Milvus (kite) (14) gledec725 The kite (Milvus regalis). Now chiefly northern and Scottish (in form gled). kitec725 A bird of prey of the family Falconidæ and subfamily Milvinæ, having long wings, tail usually forked… originally and esp. the common European species… pittelOE A bird of prey (of uncertain identity). Cf. puttock, n.1 puttockc1175 A bird of prey, esp. the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the buzzard (Buteo buteo). Now English regional and Scottish. rare. milan1484 A kite (the bird). pipe gledea1525 a bird of prey (not identified: perhaps the red kite, Milvus milvus). kite-wolf1607 rendering of Greek ἰκτῖνος (‘a kite’, also a kind of wolf). pew-glede1615 A kite (kite, n. 1). red kite1792 a Eurasian kite, Milvus milvus, which has predominantly reddish-brown plumage and a deeply forked tail. royal kite1792 the red kite, Milvus milvus. milvine1885 A kite of the group Milvini or subfamily Milvinae. Obsolete. rare. fork-tail1893 (See quot. 1893.) shite-hawk1944 Any of various large scavenging or predatory birds; esp. (originally in Military use in South Asia) the black kite, Milvus migrans, (in more recent… Subcategories:— cry of (1) |
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