gerfalcon
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It occurred to me that it might be the famous gerfalcon, or Icelandic eagle; and, on mentioning this supposition, Raed and Kit both agreed with me that it seemed likely.
From Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)
If it had not have been for that little bird at Chilton you might have hoodwinked me as blind as ever gerfalcon was hooded.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
He always had a hand as true as steel, and an eye like a gerfalcon.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various
This white bird is a gerfalcon from the north.
From The King in Yellow by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
And who that putteth that knight to the worse shall have a fair maid and a gerfalcon.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
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