1) American kestrel 2) Bird of prey 3) English girl name 4) European falcon 5) Falco sparverius 6) Falcon 7) French word used in English 8) Hovering falcon 9) Lizard hunter 10) Shipwreck of Brazil 11) Small falcon 12) Small hovering falcon 13) Small North American falcon 14) Sparrow hawk
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- small North American falcon
- small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind
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[dinghy] The Kestrel was the first sailing dinghy especially designed to have a fibreglass hull. It was designed in 1955, by Ian Proctor. After a slow start, due to resistance to the new material, the Kestrel grew in popularity. This success led to more and more classes changing their rules to allow fibreglass construction. Today, the class...
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[rocket engine] The Kestrel engine is an LOX/RP-1 pressure-fed rocket engine. The Kestrel engine was developed by SpaceX for upper stage use on the Falcon 1 rocket. Kestrel was built around the same pintle architecture as the Space X Merlin engine but does not have a turbo-pump and is fed only by tank pressure. Kestrel is ablatively cooled ...
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[surveillance system] Kestrel is a wide-area persistent surveillance system used on aerostats at U.S. forward operating bases in Afghanistan to monitor the surrounding areas. The system is equipped with electro-optical and infrared cameras, providing day/night force protection and overwatch to troops. ==Development== Kestrel has its roots i...
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bird of prey, traditionally proper for the use of knaves and servants, according to the
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• (n.) A small, slender European hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black. Also called windhover and stannel. The name is also applied to other allied species.
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any of several small birds of prey of the genus Falco (family Falconidae) known for their habit of hovering while hunting. Kestrels prey on large ...
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<zoology> A small, slender European hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its colour is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black. Also called windhover and stannel. The name is also applied to other allied species. ... This word is often used in contempt, as of a mean kind of hawk. 'Kites and kestrels have a rese...
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bird of prey, traditionally proper for the use of knaves and servants, according to the
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Kes'trel (kĕs'trĕl)
noun [ See
Castrel .]
(Zoology) A small, slender European hawk (
Falco alaudarius ), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black. Also called
windhover and
stannel . The name is also...
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The kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) or Windhover is a small British bird of the falcon family Falconidae. The kestrel has brown plumage that is lightly barred with black, while the head, neck and tail are bluish grey. The kestrel generally eats mice and insects, though they will sometimes take small birds and chickens. When hunting the kestrel hovers a...
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Kestrel is a cultivated variety of potato.
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Kestrel is old slang for worthless, base.
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n] - small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind
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small falcon, Falco tinnunculus,
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noun small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind
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Small hawk that breeds in Europe, Asia, and Africa. About 30 cm/1 ft long, the male has a bluish-grey head and tail and is light chestnut brown back with black spots on the back and pale with black spots underneath. The female is slightly larger and reddish brown above, with bars; she doe...
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a common small falcon, Falco tinnunculus, of northern parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, notable for hovering in the air with its head to the wind. · any of several related small falcons, as the American kestrel, F. sparverius.
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