[app. f. mod.L. elān-us (by some writers conjectured to be ad. Fr. élan darting motion) + -ET.] A species of kite, the Elanus melanopterus or Black-winged Swallow-hawk.
1880. Libr. Univ. Knowl., VIII. 538. Kite … a genus of falconidæ, or a sub-family including elanets, etc.
