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n. - Diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight v. - Hunt with diurnal birds of prey.

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Usage examples (35)
  • The tribes like to falcon in the desert
  • Half drunk, they call their falcon and wander far off to hunt.
  • But Syfka, an ancient falcon, is claiming that one of her people is hidden in the avian and serpiente land.
  • Sokol means "falcon" -- no doubt the original badge favoured by Slavonic societies.
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