- a variation of gyrfalcon.
gerfalcon
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But pressing forward again, they came upon a gerfalcon lying, with long lunes tangled about his feet and through his breast the hole that Sir Dinar's bolt had made.
From Wandering Heath by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
It occurred to me that it might be the famous gerfalcon, or Icelandic eagle; and, on mentioning this supposition, Raed and Kit both agreed with me that it seemed likely.
From Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)
"Or shall I show you, sire, how a peregrine may win where a gerfalcon fails?" said the Bishop.
From Sir Nigel by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
But the falcon was indeed a thoroughbred, with the eye of a gerfalcon.
From Marguerite de Valois by Dumas père, Alexandre
At every hour I call him back by thoughts: A rebel he, like gerfalcon insane, He feels no more the hand that did restrain, And is gone forth not to return again.
From The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First An Ethical Poem by Williams, L.
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