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1. (n.) gyrfalcon
a large falcon, Falco rusticolus, of arctic and subarctic regions, having white to dark color phases.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME gerfaucon, jerfacoun < OF, =ger- (prob. < OHG gīr vulture; cf. lammergeier ) +fauconfalcon ; cf. ON geirfalki)
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1. (noun) gyrfalcon, gerfalcon, Falco rusticolus
large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases
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1. (noun) gyrfalcon
one of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. Falco rusticolus and the white species F. Islandicus, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of Accipiter
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