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1. falcon
noun. ['ˈfælkən'] diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight.
Synonyms
- hawk
- peregrine falcon
- peregrine
- caracara
- Falconidae
- Falco rusticolus
- merlin
- Falco tinnunculus
- sparrow hawk
- kestrel
- hobby
- gerfalcon
- gyrfalcon
- American kestrel
- Falco peregrinus
- Falco subbuteo
- family Falconidae
- Falco sparverius
- Falco columbarius
Antonyms
- settled
- stand still
- ebb
- arrive
Etymology
- falcon (Middle English (1100-1500))
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Rhymes with Falcon
- dalkon
Sentences with falcon
1. Noun, singular or mass
In Egyptian mythology, Horus is both a sun god and a falcon god.
Quotes about falcon
1. Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worstAre full of passionate intensity.
- W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
2. I live my life in widening circleThat reach out across the world. I may not ever complete the last one,But I give myself to it. I circle around God, that primordial tower.I have been circling for thousands of years,And I still don't know: am I a falcon,A storm, or a great song? [I, 2]
- Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
2. falcon-gentle
noun. female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon.
Synonyms
- peregrine falcon
- peregrine
- falcon-gentil
3. falcon-gentil
noun. female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon.
Synonyms
- Falco peregrinus
- peregrine falcon
- peregrine
4. falcon
verb. ['ˈfælkən'] hunt with falcons.
Synonyms
- track down
- hunt
- hunt down
Antonyms
- unearned run
- earned run
- exempt
- confine
Etymology
- falcon (Middle English (1100-1500))