The kite (Milvus regalis). Now chiefly northern and Scottish (in form gled).

A bird of prey of the family Falconidæ and subfamily Milvinæ, having long wings, tail usually forked… originally and esp. the common European species…

A bird of prey (of uncertain identity). Cf. puttock, n.1

A bird of prey, esp. the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the buzzard (Buteo buteo). Now English regional and Scottish. rare.

A kite (the bird).

a bird of prey (not identified: perhaps the red kite, Milvus milvus).

rendering of Greek ἰκτῖνος (‘a kite’, also a kind of wolf).

A kite (kite, n. 1).

a Eurasian kite, Milvus milvus, which has predominantly reddish-brown plumage and a deeply forked tail.

the red kite, Milvus milvus.

A kite of the group Milvini or subfamily Milvinae. Obsolete. rare.

(See quot. 1893.)

Any of various large scavenging or predatory birds; esp. (originally in Military use in South Asia) the black kite, Milvus migrans, (in more recent…