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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gier-falcon \Gier"-fal`con\, n. [Cf. {Gier-eagle}, {Gyrfalcon}.]
     (Zool.)
     The gyrfalcon.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Gyrfalcon \Gyr"fal`con\ (j[~e]r"f[add]`k'n), n. [OE. gerfaucon,
     OF. gerfaucon, LL. gyrofalco, perh. fr. L. gyrus circle +
     falco falcon, and named from its circling flight; or cf. E.
     gier-eagle. See {Gyre}, n., {Falcon}.] (Zool.)
     One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons,
     esp. {Falco rusticolus} and the white species {Falco
     Islandicus}, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the
     gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of {Accipiter}.
     [Written also {gerfalcon}, {gierfalcon}, and {jerfalcon}.]
     [1913 Webster]

















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