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BLACK KITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black kite mean?
• BLACK KITE (noun)
The noun BLACK KITE has 1 sense:
1. dark Old World kite feeding chiefly on carrion
Familiarity information: BLACK KITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dark Old World kite feeding chiefly on carrion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
black kite; Milvus migrans
Hypernyms ("black kite" is a kind of...):
kite (any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals)
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