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Meanings of kestrel in английском

русский
rolls-royce kestrel
испанский
rolls-royce kestrel
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Aircraft engine family by Rolls-Royce.

        Related terms
        rolls-royce kestrel
        португальский
        falcão americano
        каталонский
        esparver

        Small North American falcon.

              falcão americano
              португальский
              falcão
              каталонский
              xoriguer

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

                    falcão
                    Usage of kestrel in английском
                    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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                    Translations for kestrel
                    русский
                    rolls-royce kestrel
                    каталонский
                    esparverxoriguerxoric
                    Kestrel through the time
                    Kestrel across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
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