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falcon
[ fawl-kuhn, fal-, faw-kuhn ]
noun
- any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
- Falconry.
- the female gyrfalcon.
- a small, light cannon in use from the 15th to the 17th century.
- Falcon, Military. a family of air-to-air guided missiles, some of them capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
falcon
/ ˈfɔːkən; ˈfɔːlkən /
noun
- any diurnal bird of prey of the family Falconidae , esp any of the genus Falco (gyrfalcon, peregrine falcon, etc), typically having pointed wings and a long tail
- any of these or related birds, trained to hunt small game
- the female of such a bird Compare tercel falconine
- a light-medium cannon used from the 15th to 17th centuries
Other Word Forms
- ڲ··ԾԱ [fawl, -k, uh, -nahyn, -nin, fal, -, faw, -k, uh, -], adjective
- ڲc·ԴǾ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of falcon1
Word History and Origins
Origin of falcon1
Example Sentences
"Those birds, in turn, then provide a food source for some of the more charismatic birds, like peregrine falcons or kestrels."
’s true of falcons and songbirds also applies to murder suspects.
She compares him to a peregrine falcon because “his frame rate operates at an entirely different speed to everybody else’s.”
Ms Merriman said the video appeared to show the starlings had been successful as the peregrine falcon was not seen to get any of the birds.
As William Butler Yeats famously told us at another precarious moment in history, “The falcon cannot hear the falconer ... the centre cannot hold.”
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