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n. Any of various birds of prey of the family Falconidae and especially of the genus Falco, having a short, curved beak and long, pointed, powerful wings adapted for swift flight.

n. Any of several birds of these or related species, such as hawks, trained to hunt small game.

n. A female bird of this type used in falconry.

n. A small cannon in use from the 15th to the 17th century.

n. Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.

v. To hunt with a falcon or falcons.

n.

n. One of a family (Falconidæ) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight.

n. 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.

n. An ancient form of cannon.

n. A diurnal bird of prey, not a vulture; especially, a hawk used in falconry.

n. In ornithology:

n. One of the Falconidæ.

n. One of the Falconidæ.

n. Specifically, a bird of the genus Falco.

n. In falconry, a female falcon, as distinguished from the male, which is about a third smaller, and is known as a tercel, tiercel, or tiercelet. See haggard.

n. A kind of cannon in use in the sixteenth century.

n. Same as femoral falcon.

v. hunt with falcons

n. diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight

"Though I feel guilty for the torture its giving you, the maltese falcon is making me starved for a story that doesn't exist yet."

track down    hunt    run    hunt down   

fair falcon    rock-falcon    cohy falcon    axillary falcon    iceland falcon    peregrine falcon    gentle falcon    little rusty-crowned falcon    streaked falcon    lanner falcon   

gerfalcon    falconine    falconer    Capra falconeri    falcon-gentil    gyrfalcon    falconry    falconet    peregrine falcon    falcon-gentle   

hawk    tercelgentle    merlin    lanner    lanneret    tartaret    sakeret    saker    shahin    shaheen   

hawk    owl    vulture    swan    buzzard    goose    peacock    dove    sparrow    cuckoo