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Another word for kite

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Noun
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Sentence Examples

  • a boy's kite with great vigour and at a high speed.

  • In this case the under surface of the kite is made to strike the still air.

  • The military order of Japan is the Order of the Golden Kite, founded in 1890, in seven classes.

  • The badge has an elaborate design; it consists of a star of purple, red, yellow, gold and silver rays, on which are displayed old Japanese weapons, banners and shields in various coloured enamels, the whole surmounted by a golden kite with outstretched wings.

  • A southern portion of this zone, comprising a narrow strip along the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida and up the Atlantic coast to South Carolina, is semi-tropical, and is the northernmost habitation of several small mammals, the alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), the ground dove, white-tailed kite, Florida screech owl and Chapman s night-hawk.

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