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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Eurasian falcon (Falco cherrug) having brown plumage and often trained for falconry.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English sacre, from Old French, from Arabic ṣaqr, probably from Turkic *soŋqur, falcon.]
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