gerfalcon
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He always had a hand as true as steel, and an eye like a gerfalcon.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various
All birds of prey, when used for sport, received the generic name of falcon; and amongst them were to be found the gerfalcon, the saker-hawk, the lanner, the merlin, and the sparrow-hawk.
From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by Jacob, P. L.
This white bird is a gerfalcon from the north.
From The King in Yellow by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
The young Emperor was stretched on a couch of dyed lion skins, and a gerfalcon perched upon his wrist.
From A House of Pomegranates by Wilde, Oscar
But the falcon was indeed a thoroughbred, with the eye of a gerfalcon.
From Marguerite de Valois by Dumas père, Alexandre
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