Usage of "kestrel" | TermGallery

русский

испанский

Aircraft engine family by Rolls-Royce.

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португальский

каталонский

Small North American falcon.

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Examples for "rr kestrel"

Wild- type F protein and various mutants were expressed by recombinant vaccinia viruses. 
 Pubmed 

Heck, anyone who wants to use Foundem can type F-O-U-N-D-E-M into Google and it'll work. 
 Wired 

португальский

каталонский

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

Usage of kestrel in английском

The kestrel's predator instincts amplified each motion, building up a comprehensive picture. 
 The Reality Dysfunction 

They in turn provide food for heron, tawny owl, kestrel and buzzard. 
 The Guardian 

For the kestrel is a most insulting creature towards the bigger birds. 
 Afoot in England 

Scans of the bird revealed that is was probably a Eurasian kestrel. 
 The Guardian 

Goalkeeping became as significant for me as the kestrel did for Billy. 
 The Guardian 

Its sharply curved beak was something between a kestrel's and an owl's. 
 Perdido Street Station 

The kestrel backed off and hovered in a furious flicker of wings. 
 The Irish Times 

Trailing way behind everyone else the kestrel saw Ruth Hilton and Rai Molvi. 
 The Reality Dysfunction 

Laton let the kestrel's wonderfully clear sensorium fade from his mind. 
 The Reality Dysfunction 

Sometimes it hovers in the air, like a kestrel, scanning the ground below. 
 Concerning Animals and Other Matters 

Hence has arisen the supposition that a kestrel cannot hover without a wind. 
 The Life of the Fields 

Proud predators both had been in life, a red falcon and a kestrel. 
 Dancer’s Lament 

She knocked her head and stayed a kestrel for a whole entire week. 
 Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 

Sparrow-hawks sometimes breed in old crows' nests, and the kestrel in churches and ruins. 
 The Natural History of Selborne 

I'm hoping someone might lend me a kestrel.' He laughed. 
 Sovereign 

Now, that kestrel was in a bad temper and vicious. 
 The Way of the Wild 

kestrel

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русский

испанский

португальский

каталонский

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Meanings of kestrel in английском