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gerfalcon

British  
/ -ˌfɔːkən, ˈdʒɜːˌfɔːlkən /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of gyrfalcon

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This white bird is a gerfalcon from the north.

From The King in Yellow by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

All men said that Giffroun had lost the white gerfalcon; and they bore him into the town upon his shield.

From The Junior Classics — Volume 4 by Patten, William

Good morrow, Sir Sanpeur, pray do you mark My new gerfalcon, from beyond the sea?

From Under King Constantine by Trask, Katrina

If it had not have been for that little bird at Chilton you might have hoodwinked me as blind as ever gerfalcon was hooded.

From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

A gerfalcon, a tercell of gerfalcon are due to a king.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony