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kestral

kestral is the misspelling of kestrel.

Meaning of kestrel

Noun

kestrel (plural kestrels)

  1. Any of various small falcons of the genus Falco that hover while hunting.
    • When she was musing she was a kestrel, which hangs in the air by an invisible motion of its wings.1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native, book 3 chapter 6
  2. A common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus).
    Synonyms:
    windhover, staniel

Questions about kestral

What is kestral the misspelling of?
Kestral is the misspelling of kestrel.

Words near kestral in the dictionary

  1. Kestlers
  2. Kestner
  3. Kestners
  4. Keston
  5. Kestons
  6. kestral
  7. kestrel
  8. kestrels
  9. kests
  10. kesubah
  11. Keswick

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