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Definition of gerfalcon

Gerfalcon
Gerfalcon Ger"fal`con, n. (Zo["o]l.) See Gyrfalcon.
gerfalcon
Gyrfalcon Gyr"fal`con, 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 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. [Written also gerfalcon, gierfalcon, and jerfalcon.]

Meaning of gerfalcon from wikipedia

- The gyrfalcon (/ˈdʒɜːrˌfɔː(l)kən/ or /ˈdʒɜːrˌfælkən/) (Falco rusticolus), the largest of the falcon species, is a bird of prey. The abbreviation gyr is...
- Gerfalcon is a fantasy novel by Leslie Barringer, the first book in his three volume Neustrian Cycle. The book was first published in 1927 by Heinemann...
- there to supply food for his gerfalcons and hawks, which he keeps there in mew. Of these there are more than 200 gerfalcons alone, without reckoning the...
- Shonqar (Bashkir: Шоңҡар, "Gerfalcon") is a Bashkir language monthly youth culture and entertainment magazine that has been published in Ufa since January...
- uninhabited island group in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada Gerfalcon (novel), a fantasy novel by Leslie Barringer Shenyang FC-31 "Gyrfalcon"...
- over to Elene. A fight ensues. Sir Geffron - Lord of Cardiff, offering a gerfalcon as prize for beauty contest against his lady. Any challenger may enter...
- which the Emperor has procured and placed there to supply food for his gerfalcons and hawks, which he keeps there in mew. Marco Polo described it this way:...
- there to supply food for his gerfalcons and hawks, which he keeps there in mew. Of these there are more than 200 gerfalcons alone, without reckoning the...
- different kinds of lures and their use Book IV: Hunting cranes with the gerfalcon Book V: Hunting herons with the saker falcon Book VI: Hunting water-birds...
- gazon "turf" gazonner gazonnement gerbe "sheaf" gerbée gerber gerfaut "gerfalcon" gibelet "gimlet" ( < Ofr guimbelet < Frk < Gmc, cf MDu wimmelkijn) gibet...