Kestrel

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• Kestrel — (englisch für den Buntfalken, Turmfalken und verschiedene andere kleine Falkenarten) bezeichnet: Glasflügel 401 Kestrel und Glasflügel 604 Kestrel, Segelflugzeuge der Firma Glasflügel Segelflugzeugbau Rolls Royce Kestrel, einen Flugmotor der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Kestrel — Kestrel: Пустельга (англ. Kestrel falcon) птица из семейства соколиных Кодовое название браузера Opera 9.5. Название тепловоза Британских железных дорог HS4000 …   Википедия

• kestrel — [kes′trəl] n. [ME castrel < OFr cresserelle, quercerelle: orig. echoic] 1. either of two small, reddish gray European falcons (Falco tinnunculus or F. naumanni) that can hover in the air 2. AMERICAN KESTREL …   English World dictionary

• Kestrel — Kes trel (k[e^]s tr[e^]l), n. [See {Castrel}.] (Zo[ o]l.) 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Kestrel — f English: one of the rarer female names derived from vocabulary words denoting birds that have come into use in the 20th century. The word itself derives from Old French cresserelle, apparently a derivative of cressele rattle …   First names dictionary

• kestrel — (n.) kind of falcon, c.1600, earlier castrell (15c.), probably from M.Fr. cresserelle, which apparently is related to crecerelle rattle, from L. crepitacillium small rattle, dim. of crepitaculum noisy bell, rattle, from crepitare to crackle,… …   Etymology dictionary

• kestrel — ► NOUN ▪ a small falcon that hunts by hovering with rapidly beating wings. ORIGIN perhaps from Old French crecerelle …   English terms dictionary

• Kestrel — Taxobox name = Kestrel image width = 250px image caption = Adult male Common Kestrel regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Falconiformes familia = Falconidae genus = Falco ( partim ) subdivision ranks = Species subdivision =… …   Wikipedia

• kestrel — /kes treuhl/, n. 1. 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. 2. any of several related small falcons, as the American kestrel, F. sparverius …   Universalium

• kestrel — UK [ˈkestrəl] / US noun [countable] Word forms kestrel : singular kestrel plural kestrels a small bird of prey that kills smaller animals for food …   English dictionary