gerfalcon

/ (ˈdʒɜːˌfɔːlkən, -ˌfɔːkən) /

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noun

a variant spelling of gyrfalcon

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Words nearby gerfalcon

gerbera, gerbil, Gerd, gerent, gerenuk, gerfalcon, Gergiev, geriatric, geriatrician, geriatrics, Géricault

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How to use gerfalcon in a sentence

This bird is much larger than the Peregrine Falcon, and, indeed, is very little less than the great gerfalcon itself.
Bible Animals;|J. G. Wood
Smaller than the royal gerfalcon, the Bishop's bird was none the less a swift and beautiful creature.
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
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

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