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gyr·falcon noun or ger·falcon also jer·falcon \ˈjər+ˌ-\ Etymology: Middle English gerfaucun, from Middle French girfaucon, gerfaut, from Old French, probably from Old Norse geirfalki, from geirr spear + falki falcon (probably from Middle Dutch valke, valc); akin to Old High German falcho falcon — more at gore (piece of land), falcon : any of various large falcons of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and America that commonly constitute a subgenus (Hierofalco) of the genus Falco and are about two feet long and more powerful though less active than the peregrine falcon — see black gyrfalcon, white gyrfalcon
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