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Webster 1913 Edition
Falcon
Fal′con
,Noun.
[OE.
faucon
, faucoun
, OF. faucon
, falcon
, [GREEK]. faucon
, fr. LL. falco
, perh. from L. falx, falcis
, a sickle or scythe, and named from its curving talons. Cf. Falchion
.] 1.
(Zool.)
(a)
One of a family (
Falconidæ
) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight. (b)
Any species of the genus
Falco
, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game. In the language of falconry, the female peregrine (
Falco peregrinus
) is exclusively called the falcon
. Yarrell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Falcon
FAL'CON
,Noun.
1.
A hawk; but appropriately, a hawk trained to sport, as in falconry, which see. It is said that this name is, by sportsmen, given to the female alone; for the male is smaller, weaker and less courageous, and is therefore called tircelet or tarsel.This term, in ornithology, is applied to a division of the genus Falco, with a short hooked beak and very long wings, the strongest armed and most courageous species, and therefore used in falconry.
2.
A sort of cannon, whose diameter at the bore is five inches and a quarter, and carrying shot of two pounds and a half.Definition 2024
falcón
falcón
See also: falcon
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese, from Late Latin falcō, falcōnem.
Noun
falcón m (plural falcóns)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowing from Late Latin falcō, falcōnem. Compare the inherited halcón.
Noun
falcón m (plural falcones)
- falcon (bird)