: any of various hawks (family Falconidae) that have long pointed wings, a long tail, and a notched beak and that usually inhabit open areas
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Meanwhile, in Souq Waqif, the smell of saffron lingers as beautiful falcons perch beside handwoven textiles.—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 In recent years, researchers have created machines imitating the look and movement of bats, coyotes, falcons, rats, guppies, bees, and even cockroaches.—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025 His falcon still circles, but the sky above Gaza offers no axis, no return path, no center to descend toward, only a deepening orbit around an absence no language can fill.—Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025 In addition to its four-legged inhabitants, the island attracts woodpeckers, ospreys, falcons, and songbirds.—Anna Staropoli, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for falcon
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Middle English faucoun, falcon, from Anglo-French faucon, from Late Latin falcon-, falco, probably from Latin falc-, falx
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