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kestrels

kestrels is the plural 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

Phrases with kestrels

Questions about kestrels

What is kestrels the plural of?
Kestrels is the plural of kestrel.

Words near kestrels in the dictionary

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

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