GYRFALCON

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases

Synonyms:

Falco rusticolus; gerfalcon; gyrfalcon

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("gyrfalcon" is a kind of...):

falcon (diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight)

Holonyms ("gyrfalcon" is a member of...):

Falco; genus Falco (a genus of Falconidae)

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