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noun. Any of various birds of prey of the family Falconidae and especially of the genus Falco, having a short, curved beak and long, pointed, powerful wings adapted for swift flight.

noun. Any of several birds of these or related species, such as hawks, trained to hunt small game.

noun. A female bird of this type used in falconry.

noun. A small cannon in use from the 15th to the 17th century.

noun. A diurnal bird of prey, not a vulture; especially, a hawk used in falconry.

noun. In ornithology:

noun. One of the Falconidæ.

noun. One of the Falconidæ.

noun. Specifically, a bird of the genus Falco.

noun. In falconry, a female falcon, as distinguished from the male, which is about a third smaller, and is known as a tercel, tiercel, or tiercelet. See haggard.

noun. A kind of cannon in use in the sixteenth century.

noun. Same as femoral falcon.

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noun. One of a family (Falconidæ) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight.

noun. 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.

noun. An ancient form of cannon.

noun. See under Chanting.

noun. Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.

verb. To hunt with a falcon or falcons.

verb. hunt with falcons

noun. diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight

"Though I feel guilty for the torture its giving you, the maltese falcon is making me starved for a story that doesn't exist yet."

aplomado falcon  axillary falcon  barbary falcon  behree falcon  bengal falcon  

Capra falconeri  falcon-gentil  falcon-gentle  falconer  falconet  

hunt  hunt down  run  track down  

bat  boar  buzzard  crane  cuckoo  

hawk  lanner  lanneret  merlin  saker