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Definition of falcon
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of falcon is as below...
Falcon
(n.) One of a
family
(Falconidae)
of
raptorial
birds,
characterized
by a
short,
hooked
beak,
strong
claws,
and
powerful
flight..
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Hawk
::
Hawk (v. i.) To
catch,
or
attempt
to
catch,
birds by means of hawks
trained
for the
purpose,
and let loose on the prey; to
practice
falconry..
Hobby
::
Hobby (n.) A
small,
strong-winged
European
falcon
(Falco
subbuteo),
formerly
trained
for
hawking..
Falconet
::
Falconet
(n.) One of
several
very small
Asiatic
falcons
of the genus
Microhierax.
Jerkin
::
Jerkin
(n.) A male
gyrfalcon.
Haggard
::
Haggard
(a.) A young or
untrained
hawk or
falcon.
Reclaim
::
Reclaim
(v. t.) To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in
falconry,
by a
certain
customary
call..
Eyas
::
Eyas (n.) A
nesting
or
unfledged
bird; in
falconry,
a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for
itself..
Varvel
::
Varvel
(n.) In
falconry,
one of the rings
secured
to the ends of the
jesses..
Nicagua
::
Nicagua
(n.) The
laughing
falcon.
See under
laughing.
Ignoble
::
Ignoble
(a.) Not a true or noble
falcon;
-- said of
certain
hawks,
as the
goshawk..
Lanneret
::
Lanneret
(n. m.) A
long-tailed
falcon
(Falco
lanarius),
of
Southern
Europe,
Asia, and
Northern
Africa,
resembling
the
American
prairie
falcon..
Falconry
::
Falconry
(n.) The sport of
taking
wild fowl or game by means of
falcons
or
hawks.
Gyrfalcon
::
Gyrfalcon
(n.) One of
several
species
and
varieties
of large
Arctic
falcons,
esp. Falco
rusticolus
and the white
species
F.
Islandicus,
both of which are
circumpolar.
The black and the gray are
varieties
of the
former.
See
Illust.
of
Accipiter..
Falconry
::
Falconry
(n.) The art of
training
falcons
or hawks to
pursue
and
attack
wild fowl or game.
Peregrine
::
Peregrine
(n.) The
peregrine
falcon.
Eagle
::
Eagle (n.) Any
large,
rapacious
bird of the
Falcon
family,
esp. of the
genera
Aquila
and
Haliaeetus.
The eagle is
remarkable
for
strength,
size,
graceful
figure,
keenness
of
vision,
and
extraordinary
flight.
The most noted
species
are the
golden
eagle
(Aquila
chrysaetus);
the
imperial
eagle of
Europe
(A.
mogilnik
/
imperialis);
the
American
bald eagle
(Haliaeetus
leucocephalus);
the
European
sea eagle (H.
albicilla);
and the great harpy eagle
(Thrasaetus
harpyia).
The
figure
of the
eagle,
as the
Falcon
::
Falcon
(n.) An
ancient
form of
cannon.
Faulcon
::
Faulcon
(n.) See
Falcon.
Heron
::
Heron (n.) Any
wading
bird of the genus Ardea and
allied
genera,
of the
family
Ardeidae.
The
herons
have a long, sharp bill, and long legs and toes, with the claw of the
middle
toe
toothed.
The
common
European
heron
(Ardea
cinerea)
is
remarkable
for its
directly
ascending
flight,
and was
formerly
hunted
with the
larger
falcons..
Hawk
::
Hawk (n.) One of
numerous
species
and
genera
of
rapacious
birds of the
family
Falconidae.
They
differ
from the true
falcons
in
lacking
the
prominent
tooth and notch of the bill, and in
having
shorter
and less
pointed
wings.
Many are of large size and grade into the
eagles.
Some, as the
goshawk,
were
formerly
trained
like
falcons.
In a more
general
sense the word is not
infrequently
applied,
also, to true
falcons,
as the
sparrow
hawk,
pigeon
hawk, duck hawk, and
prairie
hawk..
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