| stannel | <zoology> The kestrel. Synonym: standgale, standgall, stanchel, stand hawk, stannel hawk, steingale, stonegall. Alternative forms: staniel, stannyel, and stanyel] "With what wing the staniel checks at it." (Shak) Origin: AS. Stangella, stangilla; properly, stone yeller, i.e, a bird that yells from the rocks. See Stone, and Yell, and cf. Stonegall. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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