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 Consonant : A basic speech sound in which the breath is a least partly obstructed and wich can be combined with a vowel to form a syllable. Contrasted with vowel a letter representing a consonant.

Vowel: A speech sound which is produced by comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract, with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction, and which is a unit of the sound system of a language that forms the nucleus of a syllable.

Diphthong: A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves  towards another.

Pronuntation of kestrel: (’kɛstrɪl)

Main definition of philology : Love of learning and literature; the branch of knowledge that deals with the historical, linguistic, interpretative, and critical aspects of literature; literary or classical scholarship. 

Etymology of crow: [OE. cráwe f., corresp. to OS. krâia, MLG. krâge, krâe, krâ, LG. kraie, kreie, MDu. kraeye, Du. kraai, OHG. chrâwa,chrâja,chrâ,crâwa,crâ, MHG. kræe, krâwe, krâ, Ger. krähe; a WG.deriv. of the vb.crâwan, crâian to crow, g. v.]

Crow : Cuervo