letter-winged kite
noun
A small, largely nocturnal kite of central Australia, Elanus scriptus (family Accipitridae), having white and pale grey plumage with a contrasting black stripe on the underside of the wings.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Gould (1804–1881), ornithologist and publisher.
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