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Meanings of kestrel in English

Russian
rolls-royce kestrel
Spanish
rolls-royce kestrel
Wikidata

Aircraft engine family by Rolls-Royce.

Related terms
rolls-royce kestrel
Portuguese
falcão americano
Catalan
esparver

Small North American falcon.

falcão americano
Portuguese
falcão
Catalan
xoriguer

Small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind.

falcão
Usage of kestrel in English
1
The kestrel's predator instincts amplified each motion, building up a comprehensive picture.
The Reality Dysfunction
2
They in turn provide food for heron, tawny owl, kestrel and buzzard.
The Guardian
3
For the kestrel is a most insulting creature towards the bigger birds.
Afoot in England
4
Scans of the bird revealed that is was probably a Eurasian kestrel.
The Guardian
5
Goalkeeping became as significant for me as the kestrel did for Billy.
The Guardian
6
Its sharply curved beak was something between a kestrel's and an owl's.
Perdido Street Station
7
The kestrel backed off and hovered in a furious flicker of wings.
The Irish Times
8
Trailing way behind everyone else the kestrel saw Ruth Hilton and Rai Molvi.
The Reality Dysfunction
9
Laton let the kestrel's wonderfully clear sensorium fade from his mind.
The Reality Dysfunction
10
Sometimes it hovers in the air, like a kestrel, scanning the ground below.
Concerning Animals and Other Matters
11
Hence has arisen the supposition that a kestrel cannot hover without a wind.
The Life of the Fields
12
Proud predators both had been in life, a red falcon and a kestrel.
Dancer’s Lament
13
She knocked her head and stayed a kestrel for a whole entire week.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
14
Sparrow-hawks sometimes breed in old crows' nests, and the kestrel in churches and ruins.
The Natural History of Selborne
15
I'm hoping someone might lend me a kestrel.' He laughed.
Sovereign
16
Now, that kestrel was in a bad temper and vicious.
The Way of the Wild
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