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any of several small pale kites of the genus Elanus; now spec. E. caeruleus of Africa, tropical Asia, and south-west Europe; also called black-shoul…
(a) the black-winged kite, Elanus melanopterus; (b) the swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus.
A species of kite, the Elanus melanopterus or Black-winged Swallow-hawk.