Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The etymologically correct spelling of
gerfalcon .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The gyrfalcon.
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- noun Alternative form of
gyrfalcon .
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Examples
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I pounced like a jerfalcon onto the mountain Jurkumen, and thence over the lake Buyur, and I captured for you the cranes with blue claws and gray plumage, that is to say, the Durbans and Taidshuts.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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The snowy owl too, the jerfalcon, and the eagle, were looked upon as part of the larder -- the flesh of all being almost as good as that of the grouse.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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Here François triumphantly pointed to the pile of birds, which in all, with the jerfalcon, counted four brace and a half.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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It is known by the name of 'jerfalcon,' or 'gyrfalcon,' but its zoological name is
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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Here Francois triumphantly pointed to the pile of birds, which in all, with the jerfalcon, counted four brace and a half.
The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850
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It is known by the name of ` jerfalcon, 'or ` gyrfalcon,' but its zoological name is
The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850
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The snowy owl too, the jerfalcon, and the eagle, were looked upon as part of the larder -- the flesh of all being almost as good as that of the grouse.
The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850
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"Yes," continued the naturalist, "it is the jerfalcon; and those other birds which you call 'white partridges,' are the very creatures upon which it preys.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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"Yes," continued the naturalist, "it is the jerfalcon; and those other birds which you call ` white partridges, 'are the _very_ creatures upon which it preys.
The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850
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