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gerfalcon
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Gerfalcon
(gcide) | Gerfalcon \Ger"fal`con\, n. (Zool.)
See Gyrfalcon.
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gerfalcon
(gcide) | 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.] (Zool.)
One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons,
esp. Falco rusticolus and the white species {Falco
Islandicus}, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the
gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of Accipiter.
[Written also gerfalcon, gierfalcon, and jerfalcon.]
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gerfalcon
(wn) | gerfalcon
n 1: large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color
phases [syn: gyrfalcon, gerfalcon, Falco rusticolus] |
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Gerfalcon
(gcide) | Gerfalcon \Ger"fal`con\, n. (Zool.)
See Gyrfalcon.
[1913 Webster]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.] (Zool.)
One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons,
esp. Falco rusticolus and the white species {Falco
Islandicus}, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the
gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of Accipiter.
[Written also gerfalcon, gierfalcon, and jerfalcon.]
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