gyr|fal|con

gyr|fal|con
gyr|fal|con «JUR FL kuhn, -FAL-, -F-», noun.
any one of various large falcons of the Arctic. Gyrfalcons appear in any one of several color phases. Also, gerfalcon.
[< Old French gerfaucon < Germanic]

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  • Falco rusticolus — Gyrfalcon Gyr fal con (j[ e]r f[add] k n), n. [OE. gerfaucon, OF. gerfaucon, LL. gyrofalco, perh. fr. L. gyrus circle + falco falcon, and named from its circling flight; or cf. E. gier eagle. See {Gyre}, n., {Falcon}.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of several… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gerfalcon — Gyrfalcon Gyr fal con (j[ e]r f[add] k n), n. [OE. gerfaucon, OF. gerfaucon, LL. gyrofalco, perh. fr. L. gyrus circle + falco falcon, and named from its circling flight; or cf. E. gier eagle. See {Gyre}, n., {Falcon}.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of several… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gierfalcon — Gyrfalcon Gyr fal con (j[ e]r f[add] k n), n. [OE. gerfaucon, OF. gerfaucon, LL. gyrofalco, perh. fr. L. gyrus circle + falco falcon, and named from its circling flight; or cf. E. gier eagle. See {Gyre}, n., {Falcon}.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of several… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • jerfalcon — Gyrfalcon Gyr fal con (j[ e]r f[add] k n), n. [OE. gerfaucon, OF. gerfaucon, LL. gyrofalco, perh. fr. L. gyrus circle + falco falcon, and named from its circling flight; or cf. E. gier eagle. See {Gyre}, n., {Falcon}.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of several… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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