noun Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).
noun A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.
noun Some species in the subfamily Perninae.
noun A rapacious person.
noun A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
On windy spring days, we would fly kites.
noun A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
noun A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.