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Definition of Milvus govinda

Milvus govinda
Pariah Pa"ri*ah, n. [From Tamil paraiyan, pl. paraiyar, one of the low caste, fr. parai a large drum, because they beat the drums at certain festivals.] 1. One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes of the Hindoos as of very low grade. They are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See Caste. --Balfour (Cyc. of India). 2. An outcast; one despised by society. Pariah dog (Zo["o]l.), a mongrel race of half-wild dogs which act as scavengers in Oriental cities. Pariah kite (Zo["o]l.), a species of kite (Milvus govinda) which acts as a scavenger in India.

Meaning of Milvus govinda from wikipedia

- locality is France. The current genus Milvus was erected by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1799. Milvus is the Latin word for a red kite;...
- Schreiber, Arnd; Stubbe, Michael & Stubbe, Annegret (2000): Red kite (Milvus milvus) and black kite (M. migrans): minute genetic interspecies distance of...
- Basil-Edwards, S. (1921). "A note on the habits of the Common Pariah Kite (Milvus govinda) and the Adjutant Stork (Leptoptilus dubius)". Journal of the Bombay...
- sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Least concern (A) Black kite Milvus migrans Milvus migrans govinda Least concern Brahminy kite Haliastur indus Haliastur indus...