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
- Falcon can't fly.
- The falcon has landed.
- The community mascot is the falcon.
- Cougars pounce on struggling falcons.
- The falcon is the symbol of the Oyoko.
- The mascot of Wingfield is the falcon.
- The pigeon and the falcon disappeared.
- Finist is the falcon in the Slavic mythology.
- Technically it is the name of the falcon costume.
- The Falcon was worshipped as the lord of the skies.
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