Falcon (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
  2. Falconry.
  3. a small, light cannon in use from the 15th to the 17th century.
  4. a family of air-to-air guided missiles, some of them capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
noun
  1. any diurnal bird of prey of the family Falconidae, esp any of the genus Falco (gyrfalcon, peregrine falcon, etc), typically having pointed wings and a long tail
    • any of these or related birds, trained to hunt small game
    • the female of such a bird
  2. a light-medium cannon used from the 15th to 17th centuries
Falcon (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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