What (who) is gyrfalcon - definition
gyrfalcon
![A tamed gyrfalcon striking a wild [[grey heron]] (1920), [[Louis Agassiz Fuertes]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Falconry sport of kings (1920) Gerfalcon striking heron.png?width=200 "A tamed gyrfalcon striking a wild [[grey heron]] (1920), [[Louis Agassiz Fuertes]]")
 in flight.jpg?width=200 "Gyrfalcon in flight (Hastings, MN)")
![Lake Mývatn]] (Iceland)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gyrfalcon at Lake Myvatn by Bruce McAdam.jpg?width=200 "Lake Mývatn]] (Iceland)")
![saker]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/USAF falcon.jpg?width=200 "saker]]")
SPECIES OF BIRD
Gerfalcon; Gyr falcon; Falco rusticolus; Gyrkin; Gyrefalcon; Greenland gyrfalcon; Gyr Falcon; Gyrfalcons; Falco swarthi; Falco candicans; Falco islandus; Falco obsoletus; Falco rusticolus candicans; Falco rusticolus grebnitzkii; Falco rusticolus intermedius; Falco rusticolus islandus; Falco rusticolus obsoletus; Falco rusticolus rusticolus; Hierofalco grebnitzkii; Hierofalco islandus; Hierofalco rusticolus candicans; Hierofalco rusticolus; Jer falcon
['d??:?f?:(l)k(?)n, -?f?lk(?)n]
¦ noun a large arctic falcon, occurring in several colour forms including a mainly white one. [Falco rusticolus.]
Origin
ME: from OFr. gerfaucon, of Gmc origin, prob. related to Old High Ger. ger 'spear'.
Gyrfalcon
SPECIES OF BIRD
Gerfalcon; Gyr falcon; Falco rusticolus; Gyrkin; Gyrefalcon; Greenland gyrfalcon; Gyr Falcon; Gyrfalcons; Falco swarthi; Falco candicans; Falco islandus; Falco obsoletus; Falco rusticolus candicans; Falco rusticolus grebnitzkii; Falco rusticolus intermedius; Falco rusticolus islandus; Falco rusticolus obsoletus; Falco rusticolus rusticolus; Hierofalco grebnitzkii; Hierofalco islandus; Hierofalco rusticolus candicans; Hierofalco rusticolus; Jer falcon
·noun 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.
Gerfalcon
SPECIES OF BIRD
Gerfalcon; Gyr falcon; Falco rusticolus; Gyrkin; Gyrefalcon; Greenland gyrfalcon; Gyr Falcon; Gyrfalcons; Falco swarthi; Falco candicans; Falco islandus; Falco obsoletus; Falco rusticolus candicans; Falco rusticolus grebnitzkii; Falco rusticolus intermedius; Falco rusticolus islandus; Falco rusticolus obsoletus; Falco rusticolus rusticolus; Hierofalco grebnitzkii; Hierofalco islandus; Hierofalco rusticolus candicans; Hierofalco rusticolus; Jer falcon
·noun ·see Gyrfalcon.
