kes|trel

kes|trel
kes|trel «KEHS truhl», noun.
a small falcon of Europe, Africa, and Asia, remarkable for its habit of hovering in the air facing into the wind; windhover. It is closely related to the American sparrow hawk.
[perhaps < Old French cresserelle, or quercerelle, ultimately < Latin crista crest]

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