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Latin
Etymology
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Cognates and/or descendants possibly include: French crécerelle f and cristel m; Neapolitan castariello m and crestariello m; Middle English castrel, English kestrel.
Pronunciation
Noun
clisterella f (genitive clisterellæ); first declension (Medieval Latin)
- (ornithology, hunting) kestrel
13th century, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, De arte venandi cum avibus, liber I, 50:Quedam magis utuntur muribus campestribus, lacertis, ranis, scarabeis, brucis, locustis et similibus, ut ille aves, que dicuntur albani, et ut ille, que dicuntur besardi et clisterele.- Certain others prefer field mice, lizards, frogs, beetles, grasshoppers, locusts, and the like, including those birds called harriers(cf. It. albanella), and those called buzzards(cf. Fr. busard) and kestrels.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Only attested in the nominative pl. with -æ spelt as -e.