Dict: easton - Kite

easton:

Kite @ an unclean and keen-sighted bird of prey kjv@Leviticus:11:14; kjv@Deuteronomy:14:13). The Hebrew word used, 'ayet, is rendered "vulture" in kjv@Job:28:7 in Authorized Version, "falcon" in Revised Version. It is probably the red kite (Milvus regalis), a bird of piercing sight and of soaring habits found all over Palestine.