prairie falcon
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of prairie falcon
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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He returned a few days later in his Ford F-150 pickup with a lone, white-and-gray mottled gyr prairie falcon, an adolescent named Tilda.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
A prairie falcon - the same species whose hunt inspired him during childhood - which was well to the east of its normal range.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 4, 2020
But in court on 30 January, there was mustachioed Falcone with mountains of paper, eyes like a prairie falcon and intellectual talons to match.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2019
Up above, I spotted a golden eagle soaring on the drafts, and in the distance, I caught a glimpse of a prairie falcon diving at some doomed ground-dwelling creature.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2017
“The guy who came to the sheriff's office and took the prairie falcon and the sharp-shinned to the falconer in New Paltz. He was lookin’ hard up-mountain.”
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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