1) Atlantapro
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1) Air Force Academy mascot 2) Air force athlete 3) Air Force college athlete 4) American musical trio 5) American superhero 6) Atlanta football player 7) Atlanta gridder 8) Big bird of prey 9) Bird of prey 10) Cajun music pioneer Joe 11) Combat flight simulator 12) Fictional lieutenant 13) French word used in English
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1) Caracara 2) Gerfalcon 3) Gyrfalcon 4) Kestrel
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1) British television miniseries
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bird of prey, so-called from the shape of its tallons, from Latin falx,
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a/ From the Latin Falx meaning sickle, in respect to the shape of a falcons talons. Term used for long narrow winged (longwing) raptors, such as Merlin, Kestrel etc. b/ The name for a female Peregrine.
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• (n.) An ancient form of cannon. • (n.) Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game. • (n.) One of a family (Falconidae) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerfu...
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A hawk, a bird of prey trained to hunt smaller birds. This sport was very popular throughout the Middle Ages. There were strict laws about what kind of hawk you could keep, depending on your position in society.
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any of nearly 60 species of hawks of the family Falconidae (order Falconiformes), diurnal birds of prey characterized by long, pointed wings and ... [6 related articles]
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Small hawk with long tapered wings especially adapted for fast flight and hunting.
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A small to medium raptor, generally living in open countryside, with long pointed wings, a shortish tail, brown eyes and a 'tooth' on either side of the hook on the beak. Falcons live in open countryside hunting from sometimes a great height and stooping fast towards the quarry.
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1. <ornithology> One of a family (Falconidae) of raptorial birds, characterised by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight. Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game. 'In the language of falconry, ...
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a member of the family Falconidae and the genus Falco, characterized by long pointed wings, dark eyes and medium to long tails along with the other raptor characteristics of hooked beaks, sharp talons, and keen eyesight. Falcon species include Peregrine Falcons, Kestrels, Merlins and Prairie Falcons and many others.
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bird of prey, so-called from the shape of its tallons, from Latin falx,
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Fal'con noun [ Middle English
faucon ,
faucoun , Old French
faucon ,
falcon , ....
faucon , from Late Latin
falco , perhaps from Latin
falx, falcis , a sickle or scythe, and named from its curving talons. Confer
Falchion .]
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The falcon was a British cannon with a 2.5-inch bore firing a 2 lb shot.
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HMS Falcon was a British River Gunboat of 372 tons displacement launched in 1931. HMS Falcon was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boiler providing a top speed of 15 knots. She carried a complement of 55 and was armed with one 3.7 inch howitzer; two 6-pdr guns and ten machine-guns. In 1942 HMS Falcon was presented to the Chinese navy and renamed...
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windlass, instrument for bending a cross bow
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Used to describe longwings (often to denote a female)
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Optical gunsight, Elbit Computers [IL], Air-to-air missile [US], light transport aircraft, Dassault-Bregeut [FR], Fission Activated Laser CONcept
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noun diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
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Any bird of prey of the genus
Falco, family Falconidae, order Falconiformes. Falcons are the smallest of the hawks (15–60 cm/6–24 in). They have short curved beaks with one tooth in the upper mandible; the wings are long and pointed, and the toes elongated. They nest in high places and kill their prey on the win...
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A bird of prey that hunts birds and other animals by diving at them. Falcons tend to have longer, narrower, tapered wings and long tails.
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