Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The male of the falcon family, or of birds of prey.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A male
falcon , especially aperegrine falcon orgoshawk ; atercel .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon
Etymologies
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From tercel.
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