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Brahminy kite
[
brah
-m
uh
-nee ]
SHOW IPA
/ ˈbrɑ mə ni /
PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun
a common kite,
Haliastur indus,
of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.
Origin of Brahminy kite
1880–85;
Brahminy,
derivative of
Brahmin
, by analogy to such words as
Bengali