(India) A subspecies of the black kite (Milvus migrans govinda) which acts as a scavenger in India.

(slang, archaic) To raise money on commercial notes; to obtain money as by accommodation bills, the endorser having no actual money. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fly, kite.

honey buzzard

Ictinia mississippiensis, a small bird of prey found across the central and southern United States.

(chiefly Indian sub-continent) a person who chases kites that have been cut free during kite fighting contests.

(chiefly Indian subcontinent) A kite-flying contest, where the kites' strings are coated with an abrasive substance intended to cut an opponent's string.

(politics) The tactic whereby a politician, usually through the media and often by way of an intentional leak, raises an idea to gauge the public reaction to it.

plural of Eddy kite

A quadrilateral tailless kite with convex surfaces exposed to the wind, used in a series of meteorological experiments.

Synonym of Eddy kite