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Word Meanings - FALCON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An ancient form of cannon. Chanting falcon. See under Chanting. (more info) fr. LL. falco, perh. from L. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe, and One of a family of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful

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An ancient form of cannon. Chanting falcon. See under Chanting. (more info) fr. LL. falco, perh. from L. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe, and One of a family of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight. Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game. In the language of falconry, the female peregrine is exclusively called the falcon. Yarrell.

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