gierfalcon

Gier-falcon \Gier"-fal`con\, n. [Cf. {Gier-eagle}, {Gyrfalcon}.]
   (Zool.)
   The gyrfalcon.
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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}.] (Zool.)
   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}.]
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