grey falcon
(US gray falcon)
noun
1(In early use) the hen harrier, Circus cyaneus, or the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus.
2(In later use) F. hypoleucos of arid regions of Australia.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in John Ray (1627–1705), naturalist and theologian.
- Pitcairnese
- Pitcairn Islands
- pit canal
- pit-cave
- pit cavity
- pitch
- pitchable
- pitch-accented
- pit chamber
- pitch and putt
- pitch and run
- pitch-and-toss
- pitch angle
- pitch axis
- pitch-back
- pitch battle
- pitch bend
- pitch-black
- pitch-blackness
- pitchblende
- pitch block
- pitch-board
- pitch-brown
- pitch-cap
- pitch-capping