Definition of falcon

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Falcon (n.) Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game..

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Lugger :: Lugger (n.) An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call..
Astringer :: Astringer (n.) A falconer who keeps a goshawk.
Gentile-falcon :: Gentile-falcon (n.) See Falcon-gentil.
Merlin :: Merlin (n.) A small European falcon (Falco lithofalco, or F. aesalon)..
Falconer :: Falconer (n.) A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.
Falconry :: Falconry (n.) The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks.
Sore :: Sore (n.) A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
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..
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..
Jugger :: Jugger (n.) An East Indian falcon. See Lugger.
Accipitral :: Accipitral (n.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike..
Saker :: Saker (n.) The peregrine falcon.
Saker :: Saker (n.) A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner..
Falcon :: Falcon (n.) Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game..
Falconine :: Falconine (a.) Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the Falconida.
Gerfalcon :: Gerfalcon (n.) See Gyrfalcon.
Nicagua :: Nicagua (n.) The laughing falcon. See under laughing.
Shahin :: Shahin (n.) A large and swift Asiatic falcon (Falco pregrinator) highly valued in falconry.
Falculate :: Falculate (a.) Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon..
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