kestrel
1Kestrel — (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… …
2Kestrel — Kestrel: Пустельга (англ. Kestrel falcon) птица из семейства соколиных Кодовое название браузера Opera 9.5. Название тепловоза Британских железных дорог HS4000 …
3kestrel — [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 …
4Kestrel — 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} …
5Kestrel — 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 …
6kestrel — (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,… …
7kestrel — ► NOUN ▪ a small falcon that hunts by hovering with rapidly beating wings. ORIGIN perhaps from Old French crecerelle …
8Kestrel — 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 =… …
9kestrel — /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 …
10Kestrel — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Kestrel est un terme anglophone qui désigne la plupart des oiseaux appelés « crécerelle » en français. Il peut faire référence à : Kestrel …
