gyrfalcon (redirected from Gyrfalcons)

gyr·fal·con also ger·fal·con  (jûrflkn, -fôl-, -fô-)

n.

A large falcon (Falco rusticolus) of Arctic regions, having color phases that range from black to gray to white.

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[Middle English girfaucoun, from Old French girfaut, gerfaucon : Old High German gr, vulture + Old French faucon, falcon; see falcon.]

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gyrfalcon [jur-fawl-kon]

Noun

a very large rare falcon of northern regions [Old French gerfaucon]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gyrfalcon - large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases Falco rusticolus, gerfalcon falcon - diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight Falco, genus Falco - a genus of Falconidae