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Definition: Falco Islandicus
Gyrfalcon
\Gyr"fal`con\ (j[~e]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.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons,
esp.
Falco rusticolus and the white species
Falco 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.]
[1913 Webster]
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