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Gyrfalcon

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Noun

HYPHEN

gyr=fal=con

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Gyrfalcon has 1 sense

gyrfalcon(n = noun.animal) falco rusticolus, gerfalcon - large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases;

is a kind of falcon

is a member of falco, genus falco

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Gyrfalcon, 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.].

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. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Gyrfalcon, n. (also gerfalcon) a large falcon, Falco rusticolus, of the northern hemisphere.

Etymology

ME f. OF gerfaucon f. Frank. gerfalco f. ON geirf{aacute}lki: see FALCON

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ROGET THESAURUS

Gyrfalcon

Evil doer

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