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falconfal‧con /ˈfɔːlkən $ ˈfæl-/ noun [countable]   falconOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French probably from an ancient Germanic language - By the marks in the sand, it had been felled by a falcon, which made a meal of its flesh.
- His falcon flew into a window of the empty castle and did not return.
- Not only is the bird's distribution highly individual, its ecology is more finely tuned than that of any other falcon.
- See p. 90 for distinctions of Accipitridae from falcons.
- The eagles are the masters of the air, lord over kite and falcon, proud of their rights.
- The king, trying to find the falcon, wandered in the castle.
- The manager was waiting for her at the desk, deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon.
ADJECTIVE► peregrine· The manager was waiting for her at the desk, deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon.· Construction activity would have to be curtailed during sensitive seasons. Peregrine falcon.· It is understood there are up to 500 peregrine falcons in Northern Ireland.· One of the most interesting cases that Maureen came across that I knew of was a peregrine falcon.· The Yorkshire Dales national park authority is also to pay a bounty for every peregrine falcon that reaches maturity.· Similarly, the number of peregrine falcons was more than halved between 1939 and 1963.· In Islay in September 1938 they were flying a peregrine falcon at grouse with a bird called Cressida. a bird that kills and eats other animals and can be trained to hunt |