lannern.
/ˈlanə/, U.S. /ˈlænər/ A species of falcon, found in countries bordering on the Mediterranean, Falco lanarius or F. feldeggi. In Falconry, the female of this species.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco biarmicus (lanner)
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c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxv. 117 Gentill fawcouns, laneres, sagres, sperhawkes.
1486 Bk. St. Albans D iv Ther is a Lanare and a Lanrell [? read Lanrett]. And theys belong to a Squyer.
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 114 You muste haue a gentle Lanner.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 177 The Marline, Lanar, and the gentle-Tercell.
1637 T. Morton New Eng. Canaan ii. iv. 71 The use whereof in other parts, makes the Lannars there more bussardly, then they be in New England.
1676 London Gaz. No. 1127/4 Lost Aug. 27. at night, a young Lanner Nyes Hawk without Bells or Jesses.
1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 134 Except the Lanner, none seem to have been noted among the British birds by any of our countrymen.
1835 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands (ed. 2) I. 87 The Lanner (Falco Lanarius) bears some resemblance to the peregrine, but it is smaller.
1852 R. F. Burton Falconry in Valley of Indus ii. 18 The female was called a Lanner, the male a Lanneret.
1863 H. W. Longfellow Musician's Tale xiv. i, in Tales Wayside Inn 130 Downward fluttered sail and banner, As alights the screaming lanner.
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