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Elanus

noun

a genus of small kites of both Old and New Worlds

• Syn: ↑genus Elanus

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Accipitridae, ↑family Accipitridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑white-tailed kite, ↑Elanus leucurus

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\\ˈelənəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Late Greek elanos kite

: a genus of small kites of both the Old and New Worlds that have the tail unforked and the plumage black, white, and gray

Useful english dictionary. 2012.