Definition of falcon
1 : any of various hawks trained for use in falconry; especially : peregrine falcon —used technically only of a female — compare tiercel
2 : 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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An unmanned Falcon rocket lifted off Saturday from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center with a Dragon capsule that made a station delivery nearly three years ago.
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SpaceX CRS-11: Falcon 9 launch & landing, 3 June 2017 SpaceX has been hauling station supplies for NASA for five years, both up and down.
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McCabe is keeper of the Tantu totem (the spirit), which gives her the powers of animals like an elephant, falcon, dolphin, spider, etc.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to be launched from Kennedy Space Center.
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Features including the double-hinged falcon-wing doors have constrained production and contributed to a costly $82,500 starting price.
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Owls, vultures, hawks and falcons are the stars in this show.
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That makes the rocket significantly smaller than a SpaceX Falcon 9, which stands as tall as 260 feet and can put out as much as 1,710,000 lbs. of thrust.
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Five years of research spent tromping around a forest getting stung helped establish that this amazing falcon species has found a way to exploit wasp behavior to become a specialist on an unusual food source.
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Origin and Etymology of falcon
Middle English faucoun, falcon, from Anglo-French faucon, from Late Latin falcon-, falco, probably from Latin falc-, falx
First Known Use: 13th century
FALCON Defined for English Language Learners
falcon
playDefinition of falcon for English Language Learners
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: a type of hawk that can fly very fast and is sometimes trained to hunt
FALCON Defined for Kids
falcon
playDefinition of falcon for Students
1 : a hawk trained for use in hunting small game
2 : any of several small hawks with long wings and swift flight
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