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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
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Other yvlog Forms
- ڲ··ԾԱ [fawl, -k, uh, -nahyn, -nin, fal, -, faw, -k, uh, -], adjective
- ڲc·ԴǾ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of falcon1
First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English fauco(u)n, falcon, from Anglo-French, Old French faucon, from Late Latin ڲō- (stem of ڲō ) “hawk” (said to be derivative of falx, stem falc- “sickle,” referring to the sicklelike talons)
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of falcon1
C13: from Old French faucon , from Late Latin ڲō hawk, probably of Germanic origin; perhaps related to Latin falx sickle
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Example Sentences
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What’s true of falcons and songbirds also applies to murder suspects.
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She compares him to a peregrine falcon because “his frame rate operates at an entirely different speed to everybody else’s.”
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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.
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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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"People love to keep birds like falcons and peacocks as pets, so why not tigers?" he suggested.
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