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fal⋅con-gen⋅tle

[fawl-kuhn-jen-tl, fal-, faw-kuhn-]
–noun
1. the female peregrine falcon.
2. any female falcon.

Origin:
1350–1400; trans. of F faucon gentil; r. ME gentil fauco(u)n, facon jent, etc.
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fal·con-gen·tle   (fāl'kən-jěn'tl, fôl'-, fô'kən-)
n.  A female falcon, especially a peregrine falcon.

[Middle English faucon gentil, from Old French faucon gentil, noble falcon.]
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