falcon
IPA: fˈæɫkʌn
noun
- Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
- (falconry) A female such bird, a male being a tiercel.
- (historical) A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century; a falconet.
- A surname.
- A surname from Spanish.
- A surname, from Native Indigenous Amerindian languages.
- A place name:
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in El Paso County, Colorado.
- An unincorporated community in Magoffin County, Kentucky.
- A town in Quitman County, Mississippi.
- A town in Cumberland County and Sampson County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in McNairy County, Tennessee.
- A suburb of Mandurah, Western Australia.
verb
- To hunt with a falcon or falcons.
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Examples of "falcon" in Sentences
- Half drunk, they call their falcon and wander far off to hunt.
- Sokol means "falcon" -- no doubt the original badge favoured by Slavonic societies.
- A falcon was our houseguest convalescing after a nasty encounter with the high-tension electrical wires.
- But Syfka, an ancient falcon, is claiming that one of her people is hidden in the avian and serpiente land.
- Though I feel guilty for the torture its giving you, the maltese falcon is making me starved for a story that doesn't exist yet.
- Indus” questioned the fact, known to so many travellers, that the falcon is also killed by this “tiger of the air,” despite the latter’s feeble bill (pp. 35 – 38).
- Before I quit, the monikers "modern" and "primitive" falconry may need a bit more explaining: Steve flies a domestic-bred, hybrid falcon, which is hardly primitive.
- They were both silent for a long while, Nefer containing himself, although his disappointment at the loss of the falcon was a torment as intense as if he had thrust his hand into flames.
- Meh, maybe when it was called the falcon back in Perfect dark (scoped falcon = = halo 2 pistol) Baby mario, Yoshis island, and all the wario games/mario sports titles i view as the true sellout ponts for mario.
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