BRAHMINY KITE


Meaning of BRAHMINY KITE in English

/brah"meuh nee/

a common kite, Haliastur indus, of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.

[ 1880-85; Brahminy, deriv. of BRAHMIN, by analogy to such words as BENGALI ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .