Defenition of the word falcon
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Defenition of the word falcon
- Bird of prey.
- diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
- hunt with falcons; "The Arabs like to falcon in the desert"
- hunt with falcons
Meronymys for the word falcon
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- Falconidae
- family Falconidae
Hyponyms for the word falcon
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- American kestrel
- caracara
- Falco columbarius
- Falco peregrinus
- Falco rusticolus
- Falco sparverius
- Falco subbuteo
- Falco tinnunculus
- gerfalcon
- gyrfalcon
- hobby
- kestrel
- merlin
- peregrine
- peregrine falcon
- pigeon hawk
- sparrow hawk
Hypernyms for the word falcon
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- hawk
- hunt
- hunt down
- run
- track down
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