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单词 falcon-gentle
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falcon-gentlen.

Brit. /ˈfɔː(l)k(ə)nˌdʒɛntl/, /ˈfɒlk(ə)nˌdʒɛntl/, /ˈfalk(ə)nˌdʒɛntl/, U.S. /ˈfælkənˌdʒɛn(t)əl/
Forms: Also Middle English falcon gent.
Etymology: After French faucon gentil.
The female of the peregrine falcon.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco peregrinus (peregrine falcon) > female
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c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxii. 238 Gerfacouns, sparehaukes, faukons gentyls.
1486 Bk. St. Alban's D iij b Ther is a Fawken gentill and a Tercell gentill.
a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 479 Torrent..Get her a facon jent.
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xiii. 136 Nor her winged speed The falcon-gentle could for pace exceed.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 84 The Falcon Gentle, with which, when properly trained, they go forth on horseback.
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