Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Falconidæ, and especially to the Falconinæ.
- noun A falcon, or other hawk of the family Falconidæ; in a more restricted sense, of the subfamily Falconinæ alone.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the
Falconidæ
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or relating to
falcons . - adjective Resembling a
falcon
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or resembling a falcon
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