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fal⋅con

  [fawl-kuhn, fal-, faw-kuhn]
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–noun
1. any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, esp. 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.
a. the female gyrfalcon.
b. falcon-gentle.
c. any bird of prey trained for use in falconry. Compare tercel.
3. a small, light cannon in use from the 15th to the 17th century.
4. (initial capital letter) Military. a family of air-to-air guided missiles, some of them capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
Origin:
1200–50; ME fauco(u)n, falcon < AF, OF faucon < LL falcōn- (s. of falcō) hawk (said to be deriv. of falx, s. falc- sickle, referring to the sicklelike talons)

Related forms:
fal⋅co⋅nine  [fawl-kuh-nahyn, -nin, fal-, faw-kuh-] , adjective
fal⋅co⋅noid, adjective
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Word Origin & History

falcon 
c.1250, from O.Fr. faucon, from L.L. falconem (nom. falco), probably from L. falx (gen. falcis) "sickle," usually said to be so called for the shape of its talons or beak, but possibly from the shape of its spread wings. The other theory is that falx is of Gmc. origin, which is supported by the antiquity of the word in Gmc. but opposed by those who point out that falconry by all evidences was imported from the East, and the Germans got it from the Romans, not the other way around.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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