falcon : Idioms & Phrases

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Chanting falcon

  • (Zoöl.), an African falcon (Melierax canorus or musicus). The male has the habit, remarkable in a bird of prey, of singing to his mate, while she is incubating.
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Cuckoo falcon

  • (Zoöl.), any falcon of the genus Baza. The genus inhabits Africa and the East Indies.
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falcon-gentil

  • noun female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon
    falcon-gentil.
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falcon-gentle

  • noun female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon
    falcon-gentil.
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Finch falcon

  • (Zoöl.), one of several very small East Indian falcons of the genus Hierax.
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gentile-falcon

Gen"tile-fal`con noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) See Falcon-gentil.
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gier-falcon

Gier"-fal`con noun
Etymology
Cf. Gier-eagle, Gyrfalcon.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The gyrfalcon.
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Gray falcon

  • (Zoöl.) the peregrine falcon.
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Kite falcon

  • (Zoöl.), an African falcon of the genus Avicida, having some resemblance to a kite.
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Laughing falcon

  • (Zoöl.), a South American hawk (Herpetotheres cachinnans); so called from its notes, which resemble a shrill laughing.
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Passenger falcon

  • (Zoöl.), a migratory hawk. Ainsworth.
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Peregrine falcon

  • noun a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
    peregrine; Falco peregrinus.
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  • (Zoöl.), a courageous and swift falcon (Falco peregrinus), remarkable for its wide distribution over all the continents. The adult plumage is dark bluish ash on the back, nearly black on the head and cheeks, white beneath, barred with black below the throat. Called also peregrine hawk, duck hawk, game hawk, and great-footed hawk.
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Pigmy falcon

  • . (Zoöl.) Same as Falconet, 2 (a).
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Prairie hawk, Prairie falcon

  • (Zoöl.), a falcon of Western North America (Falco Mexicanus). The upper parts are brown. The tail has transverse bands of white; the under parts, longitudinal streaks and spots of brown.
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robert falcon scott

  • noun English explorer who reached the South Pole just a month after Amundsen; he and his party died on the return journey (1868-1912)
    Robert Scott; Scott.
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Singing falcon ∨ hawk

  • . (Zoöl.) See Chanting falcon, under Chanting.
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Soar falcon

  • . (Zoöl.) See Sore falcon, under Sore.
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Sore falcon

  • . (Zoöl.) See Sore, n., 1.
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Stone falcon

  • (Zoöl.), the merlin.
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