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windhover

noun

Etymology

From wind + hover, due to the bird’s habit of hovering by beating the wind with its wings; compare windfucker (attested earlier).

  1. inherited from *kap-✻
  2. inherited from *habjaną✻ — “to lift; to heave”
  3. inherited from *habbjan✻
  4. inherited from *hōfian✻
  5. inherited from hoveren — “to float in the air, hover; to stay”
  6. compounded as windhover — “wind + hover”

Definitions

  1. The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA