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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gyrfalcon \Gyr"fal`con\, 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}.] (Zo["o]l.) One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. {Falco rusticolus} and the white species {F. 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}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gyrfalcon n : large and rare arctic falcon having white and dark color phases [syn: {gerfalcon}, {Falco rusticolus}]
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