What does kite mean in crosswords?

kite means: any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals

Which crossword clues can have kite as the answer?

Possible clues for kite include "String-held flying toy", "String-held wind toy", "Wind-borne toy", "Toy on a string".

Word entry · 4 letters

Best crossword clue

"String-held flying toy"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /kaɪt/Part of speech noun, verbSorted eiktStarts with KEnds with E4 cluesCommon crossword word

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any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals

Borrowed from Coptic ⲕⲓⲧⲉ (kite), from Demotic Egyptian qt, from Egyptian qdt.

“A pair of kites built a nest on the cliff.”
“I hope, that vile Carcaſs will firſt become a Prey to Kites and Worms.”
“The milvus, or kite, is a native of Europe, Asia, and Africa. […] Its motion in the air distinguishes it from all other birds, being so smooth and even that it is scarcely perceptible.”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

01“String-held flying toy”4 letters

02“String-held wind toy”4 letters

03“Wind-borne toy”4 letters

04“Toy on a string”4 letters

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