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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 name is also applied to other allied species. Note: This word is often used in contempt, as of a mean kind of hawk. ``Kites and kestrels have a resemblance with hawks.'' --Bacon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stannel \Stan"nel\, n. [AS. st[=a]ngella, stangilla properly, stone yeller, i. e., a bird that yells from the rocks. See {Stone}, and {Yell}, and cf {Stonegall}.] (Zo["o]l.) The kestrel; -- called also {standgale}, {standgall}, {stanchel}, {stand hawk}, {stannel hawk}, {steingale}, {stonegall}. [Written also {staniel}, {stannyel}, and {stanyel}.] With what wing the staniel checks at it --Shak.
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