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1. (n.) falcon
any of various birds of prey of the family Falconidae, having long pointed wings and capable of swift, agile flight.
2. falcon
the female gyrfalcon.
3. falcon
the female peregrine falcon.
4. falcon
any bird of prey trained for use in falconry.
5. falcon
a small cannon in use from the 15th to the 17th centuries.
Etymology: (1200–50; ME fauco(u)n, falcon < AF, OF faucon < LL falcōnem)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) falcon
diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
2. (verb) falcon
hunt with falcons
"The tribes like to falcon in the desert"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) falcon
one of a family (Falconidae) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight
2. (noun) falcon
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
3. (noun) falcon
an ancient form of cannon
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Sense: a kind of bird of prey sometimes used for hunting.
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 Afrikaans: valk |
 Arabic: باز، صَقْر |
 Bulgarian: сокол |
 Brazilian: falcão |
 Czech: sokol |
 German: der Falke |
 Danish: falk |
 Greek: γεράκι |
 Spanish: halcón |
 Estonian: pistrik |
 Farsi: باز |
 Finnish: haukka |
 French: faucon |
 Hebrew: בז |
 Hindi: बाज |
 Croatian: sokol |
 Hungarian: sólyom |
 Indonesian: elang |
 Icelandic: fálki |
 Italian: falco |
 Japanese: はやぶさ |
 Korean: (사냥용의) 매 |
 Lithuanian: sakalas |
 Latvian: vanags |
 Malay: falko |
 Dutch: valk |
 Norwegian: falk |
 Polish: sokół |
 Persian: باز |
 Pashto: باز، باښه |
 Portuguese: falcão |
 Romanian: şoim |
 Russian: сокол |
 Slovak: sokol |
 Slovenian: sokol |
 Serbian: soko |
 Swedish: [jakt]falk |
 Thai: เหยี่ยว |
 Turkish: doğan, şahin |
 Taiwanese: 獵鷹，隼 |
 Ukrainian: сокіл |
 Urdu: باز |
 Vietnamese: chimưng; chim cắt |
 Chinese: 猎鹰，隼 |
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