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GYRFALCON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gyrfalcon mean?
• GYRFALCON (noun)
The noun GYRFALCON has 1 sense:
1. large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases
Familiarity information: GYRFALCON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Falco rusticolus; gerfalcon; gyrfalcon
Hypernyms ("gyrfalcon" is a kind of...):
falcon (diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight)
Holonyms ("gyrfalcon" is a member of...):
Falco; genus Falco (a genus of Falconidae)
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