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windhover
[ wind-huhv-er, -hov- ]
noun
- the kestrel, Falco tinnunculus.
windhover
/ ˈwɪndˌhɒvə /
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Origin of windhover1
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Example Sentences
As illustrating a remarkable quality of flight, the case of the kestrel or windhover may be taken.
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The kestrel or windhover acts in quite a different fashion to the sparrow-hawk.
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But the greatest of all exponents in the art of hovering is the kestrel, known also, for this very reason, as the “windhover.”
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