"windhover" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: windhovers [plural]
Etymology: wind + hover, due to the bird’s habit of hovering by beating the wind with its wings; compare the earlier word windfucker. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wind|hover}} wind + hover, {{m|en|windfucker}} windfucker Head templates: {{en-noun}} windhover (plural windhovers)
  1. (British) The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). Tags: British Categories (lifeform): Falconids Synonyms: kestrel, staniel, windfucker, windsucker

Inflected forms

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