gyrfalcon

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: gyr=fal=con

CIDE DICTIONARY

gyrfalcon, n. [OE. gerfaucon, OF. gerfaucon, LL. gyrofalco, perh. fr. L. gyrus circle + falco falcon, and named from its circling flight; or cf. E. gier-eagle. See Gyre, n., Falcon.].

 One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. Falco rusticolus and the white species Falco Islandicus, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of Accipiter.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gyrfalcon, n. (also gerfalcon) a large falcon, Falco rusticolus, of the northern hemisphere.

Etymology

ME f. OF gerfaucon f. Frank. gerfalco f. ON geirf{aacute}lki: see FALCON

ROGET THESAURUS

gyrfalcon

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