kite
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- noun
- /kaɪt/
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milano
- Wiley Kitchens, an NBS ecologist stationed at the University of Florida in Gainesville, and other scientists have found kites are long-lived birds that respond to changing conditions by using the entire Everglades system.
- snail kite
Examples
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One place snail kites are moving into is Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Academic text (1994) -
Willy sees the red-tailed hawk first, swinging down from the sky like a kite.
Academic text (2007) -
But this bird's a kite, with a tail.
Fiction book (1995) -
The Explainer is a weekly feature on Red Kite Prayer.
Blog text (20) -
High-flying black kites and ground-skimming marsh harriers searched for dead or dying fish.
Fiction book (1990) -
A yellow-billed kite checks the pool for an easy meal and sights a dead fish.
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Just before sunset, an endangered kite flew over my head and landed on a nearby branch.
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Unlike fast-hunting falcons and accipiters, kites seem content to hover and glide, buffeted by the wind.
Synonyms
A bird that hunts for food like a hawk and eats small animals
Idioms
- NSFW
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9.0
A state of great excitement and happiness, sometimes from drinking alcohol or taking drugs
Compounds
A grey and white bird that hunts small animals in warm parts of the Americas
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kite for the bird comes from an old English name for a small hawk that 'glides' on warm air and often takes small animals or scraps, and this smooth flight is why the bird is known for soaring high in the sky.