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Definition of Milvine
1. a. Of or resembling birds of the kite kind.
2. n. A bird related to the kite.
Definition of Milvine
1. Adjective. (zoology) Of or resembling birds of the kite kind. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Milvine
1. relating to the kite genus [adj]
Medical Definition of Milvine
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Milvine
Literary usage of Milvine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1870)
"Feet almost milvine, the tarsus slender, the claws very long and sharp. Bill small,
hardly at all compressed, the tip rather obtuse; cere ascending basally, ..."
2. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"... and further show that they are Kites and not Eagles by having the oblique
nostril which is one of the features of the milvine section of the Sub-family ..."
3. Magazine of Zoology and Botany by Prideaux John Selby, George Johnston, William Jardine (1838)
"... type of the milvine circle, thus bringing it into immediate contact with the
common kite of Europe, which we think he very properly excludes from this ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages, in Two Parts ...by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto (1827)
"... milvine, Juntamente сот-migo,together belonging to a kite or glede. with me. ..."
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