Brahminy kite

[ brah-muh-nee ]

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a common kite, Haliastur indus, of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.

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First recorded in 1880–85; Brahminy, derivative of Brahmin, by analogy to such words as Bengali

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Double Eclipse was well beaten but both Brahminy Kite and Boscobel ran with credit to be fourth.

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Garūda, the Brahminy kite, the bird on which Vishnu rides, was the great subduer of snakes, and hence probably snake-charmers are called Garūdi.

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