the kite · Atlas

spoken of as

1 expression

Kite1 mention

Birds (Greek)

Don't you see that a single kite could easily carry off the lot at once?

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BirdsClassical · Greek

The bird of prey presented by Pisthetaerus as the ancient king of the Greeks, before whom men once knelt.

And when he was king, he was the one who first taught them to fall on their knees before the kites.

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Formerly also the kite was ruler and king over the Greeks.

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that's what I did myself one day on seeing a kite;

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Ansāb al-ʻArab al-qudamāʼ20th Century · Arabic

The bird of prey behind the tribal name Banū Ḥidāʼ, one of the animal-sounding names collected by the opponent.

Banū Asad — Banū Jaʻdah — Banū Ḍabb — Banū Qahd » Badan — » Juʻal — » Ḍubayʻah — » Kalb » Bakr — » Ḥidāʼ — » ʻAḍal — » Naʻāmah » Bahthah — » Ḥamāmah — » ʻAnz — » Namir » Thaʻlab — » Ḥanash — » Ghurāb — » Wabr » Thawr — » Duʼbul — » Fahd — » Hawzan Banū Jaḥsh — Banū Dubb — Banū Qird — Banū Yarbūʻ » Jarād — » Dhiʼb — » Qunfud —

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