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Definition of Milvine

Milvine
Milvine Mil"vine, a. [L. milvus kite.] (Zo["o]l.) Of or resembling birds of the kite kind.
Milvine
Milvine Mil"vine, n. (Zo["o]l.) A bird related to the kite.

Meaning of Milvine from wikipedia

- between El**** and the milvine kites, respectively.[according to whom?] The group may also be differentiated by size, referring to milvine kites as "large kites"...
- Helicolestes, making the genus Rostrhamus monotypic. Usually, it is placed in the Milvine kites, but the validity of that grouping is under investigation. Snail...
- because of their low harrying flight". But he refers to the "typical or milvine kites" as "large kites", not hawks. Little, William; Fowler, H. W.; Coulson...
- referred only to the red or black (milvine) kites. French ornithologists used the term "milan" for both the milvine and elanine kites. Around the same...
- Tribe Image Genus Species Milvini Vigors 1824-milvine kites and sea and fish eagles. Milvus Lacépède, 1799 Red kite, Milvus milvus Cape Verde kite, Milvus...
- fliers—are divided into two groups. One, exclusively in the Old World, the milvine or "large" kites, are often quite common, very generalized and often weakly...
- catching prey. This feature is shared with Ictinia and with the group of true milvine kites and sea eagles (Milvus, Haliastur, Haliaaetus, and Icthyophaga)....
- Haliaeetus, among other extant forms, they appear to be most closely related to milvine kites and Old World vultures, based on modern forms from these subfamilies...
- diminishing after January. Like most other wintering migrant raptors here, like milvine kites, the greater spotted eagle becomes a highly opportunistic feeder...