kestrel

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おそらく古フランス語のcrecerelleの変化形、鷲、鷹、擬音語、-elleの短縮形接尾辞から。

kestrel (n.)

kind of falcon, c. 1600, earlier castrell (15c.), probably from Middle French cresserelle, which apparently is related to crecerelle "rattle," from Latin crepitacillium "small rattle," diminutive of crepitaculum "noisy bell, rattle," from crepitare "to crackle, rattle;" possibly from the old belief that their noise frightened away other hawks.

1. At 1130 am，several blocks away，came a report of another wounded bird，this time an American kestrel .

午前11時30分頃、いくつかの街の外からもう一匹のアメリカはやぶさが負傷したというニュースが聞こえてきた。