Word Meanings - FALCONINE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the Falconidæ

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• FALCONGENTIL
  The female or young of the goshawk .
• FALCON
  An ancient form of cannon. Chanting falcon. See under Chanting. (more info) fr. LL. falco, perh. from L. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe, and One of a family of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful
• FALCONER
  A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks. Johnson.
• FALCONRY
  1. The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game. 2. The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks.
• BELONG
  attain to, to concern); pref. be- + longen to desire. See Long, v. Note: 1. To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain. 2. To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service. A desert place
• BELONGING
  1. That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. "Thyself and thy belongings." Shak. 2. That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance. 3. Family; relations; household.
• FALCONET
  1. One of the smaller cannon used in the 15th century and later. One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus Microhierax. One of a group of Australian birds of the genus Falcunculus, resembling shrikes and titmice.
• FALCONINE
  Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the Falconidæ
• GIER-FALCON
  The gyrfalcon.
• GYRFALCON
  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 (more info) perh. fr. L. gyrus circle
• GERFALCON
  See GYRFALCON
• GENTILE-FALCON
  See FALCON-GENTIL
• SUBELONGATE
  Not fully elongated; somewhat elongated.
• JERFALCON
  The gyrfalcon.