Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The kestrel or windhover, Falco tinnunculus or Tinnunculus alaudarius. See cut under Tinnunculus.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) See stannel.
Etymologies
- From Middle English staniel ("bird of prey"), from Old English stānġiella ("staniel, pelican"; literally, "stone-yeller"), from stān ("stone") + ġiella ("yeller"). More at stone, yell. (Wiktionary)
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