gyrfalcon
English

a gyrfalcon
Etymology
From Old French gerfaucon (modern French gerfaut), with the first element probably from Old High German gīr (“vulture”) (whence the German Geier).
Noun
gyrfalcon (plural gyrfalcons)
- (obsolete) Any large falcon, especially as used to fly at herons.
- Falco rusticolus, a large bird of prey that breeds on Arctic coasts and islands of North America, Europe and Asia.
- 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 132:
- [...] the usurper Buljan ordered that his sukkah be erected on the donjon's roof, with its [...] relative nearness to the stars, among which his sky-worshiping and uncircumcised ancestors still hunted with infallible gyrfalcons for celestial game.
- 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 132:
Translations
falcon — see falcon
Falco rusticolus
|
|
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
Translations to be checked
Further reading
Falco rusticolus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.