Definition of Elanid. Meaning of Elanid. Synonyms of Elanid

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- An elanine kite is any of several small, lightly-built raptors with long, pointed wings. Some authorities list the group as a formal subfamily, Elaninae...
- hawk, with adaptations for catching fish by plunge-diving into water"; the elanid kites are "small, gull-like, grey-and-white hawks with black forewing patches";...
- identification easy. The only other Australasian raptors to hover are the elanid kites, which are much lighter in colour and a little larger, and the brown...
- three-quarters grown rabbit, a heavy load for such a small bird. Like other elanid kites, the black-shouldered kite hunts by quartering gr****lands for small...