kite
A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
Example
“A pair of kites built a nest on the cliff.”
Other meanings
Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).
A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.
A kind of
- hawk
Kinds of kite
- black kite
- swallow-tailed kite
- white-tailed kite
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “kite” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.