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Meanings of Falco rusticolus in English

Portuguese
gerifalte
Catalan
girfalc
Spanish
falco rusticolus

Large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases.

        gerifalte
        Synonyms
        Examples for "gerfalcon"
        Examples for "gerfalcon"
        1
        Then said Sir Giffroun, "Sir Le Beau Disconus, you have lost the gerfalcon."
        The Junior Classics, Volume 4: Heroes and heroines of chivalry
        2
        This white bird is a gerfalcon from the north.
        The King in Yellow
        3
        And who that putteth that knight to the worse shall have a fair maid and a gerfalcon.
        Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2
        4
        Smaller than the royal gerfalcon, the Bishop's bird was none the less a swift and beautiful creature.
        Sir Nigel
        5
        Whistle off the gerfalcon! cried the Bishop.
        Sir Nigel
        1
        There was a young gyrfalcon perched on a wooden stand next to him.
        Scarlet
        2
        Beyond the col, cornices clung to bare rocks like a white gyrfalcon's talons to a black fox's carcass.
        Rock and Ice Magazine
        Translations for Falco rusticolus