gerfalcon

[ jur-fawl-kuh n, -fal-, -faw- ]

/ ˈdʒɜrˌfɔl kən, -ˌfæl-, -ˌfɔ- /

noun

gyrfalcon.

Nearby words

gerbert, gerbil, gerd, gerent, gerenuk, gerfalcon, gergiev, geriatric, geriatrician, geriatrics, gerlachovka

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Examples from the Web for gerfalcon

He put his gerfalcon on the perch provided in the hall for such use by the guests.
Life on a Mediaeval Barony|William Stearns Davis
Or shall I show you, sire, how a peregrine may win where a gerfalcon fails?
Sir Nigel|Arthur Conan Doyle
And who that putteth that knight to the worse shall have a fair maid and a gerfalcon.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II)|Thomas Malory
To Audubon's delight, it was that rare specimen, the gerfalcon, which had heretofore eluded all efforts of naturalists.
Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860|Henrietta Christian Wright

But the falcon was indeed a thoroughbred, with the eye of a gerfalcon.
Marguerite de Valois|Alexandre Dumas

British Dictionary definitions for gerfalcon

gerfalcon

/ (ˈdʒɜːˌfɔːlkən, -ˌfɔːkən) /

noun

a variant spelling of gyrfalcon

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