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单词 standgale
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standgalen.

Brit. /ˈstan(d)ɡeɪl/, U.S. /ˈstæn(d)ˌɡeɪl/
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: staniel n.
Etymology: Alteration of staniel n., resulting from folk-etymological association with stand v. and gale n.3 (compare quot. 1977).
Chiefly British regional. Now rare.
The common kestrel, Falco tinnunculus; = staniel n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco tinnunculus (kestrel)
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1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 93 ‘Stannel’, or ‘stand-gall’, as it is sometimes pronounced, is ‘stand-gale’, and ‘wind-hover’ is ‘hoverer in the wind’, both of which express that wonderful power of poising..itself over a particular spot, despite the wind, which the kestrel possesses.]
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 167 The Kestrel-Falcons prey chiefly on field-mice, which they discern as they hover stationary at a moderate altitude, with the head invariably turned towards the wind; it is thus that they have obtained the names of Wind-hover and of Stand-gall or ‘stand-gale’.
1865 Cornhill Mag. July 41 With it [sc. wind-hover] may be compared another local name, ‘stand-gale’, and also ‘crutch-tail’, formerly applied to a kite.
1977 Daily Mail 5 Mar. 6/1 The stannel-hawk or stand-gale hanging static in the sky as though on a wire, head to wind, defying the gale.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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