Definition of Girfalcon
Gyr"fal`con (j&etilde;r"f&add;`k'n), n.
[OE. gerfaucon, OF. gerfaucon, LL. gyrofalco,
perh. fr. L. gyrus circle + falco falcon, and named
from its circling flight; or cf. E. gier-eagle. See
Gyre, n., Falcon.]
(Zoöl.) One of several species and varieties of
large Arctic falcons, esp. Falco rusticolus and the white
species F. Islandicus, both of which are circumpolar. The
black and the gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of
Accipiter. [Written also gerfalcon,
gierfalcon, and jerfalcon.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A large bird of prey, Falco rusticolus, that breeds on Arctic coasts and islands of North America, Europe and Asia.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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