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Gerfalcon

noun
1.
Large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases.  Synonyms: Falco rusticolus, gyrfalcon.





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"Gerfalcon" Quotes from Famous Books



... and collars. 4 Item, thirtie Lusarnes large and beautifull. 5 Item, sixe large and great skinnes very rich and rare, worne onely by the Emperour for worthinesse. 6 Item, a large and faire white Ierfawcon [Footnote: Gerfalcon] for the wild Swanne, Crane, Goose, and other great Fowles, together with a drumme of siluer, the hoopes gilt, vsed for a lure to call ...
— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, • Richard Hakluyt
... his virtue holden is full dear, Both heroner, and falcon for rivere":— That is, each is esteemed for a special virtue or faculty, as the large gerfalcon for the chase of heron, the smaller goshawk for ...
— The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems • Geoffrey Chaucer


Words linked to "Gerfalcon" :   Falco, genus Falco, falcon, gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus


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