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Falcon fal·con

Spelling: [fawl-kuh n, fal-, faw-k Falcon is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 100 anagrams from letters in Falcon (acflno).

Definitions for Falcon

noun

1. any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
2. Falconry. the female gyrfalcon. falcon-gentle. any bird of prey trained for use in falconry. Compare tercel.
3. a small, light cannon in use from the 15th to the 17th century.
4. (initial capital letter) Military. a family of air-to-air guided missiles, some of them capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

Origin of Falcon

1200-50; Middle English fauco(u)n, falcon Anglo-French, Old French faucon Late Latin falcōn- (stem of falcō) hawk (said to be derivative of falx, stem falc- sickle, referring to the sicklelik

Examples for Falcon

I gave it—ay, I gave it to a youth that came to mine aid, and reclaimed a falcon for me!

At her side rode her brother, a splendid blaze of finery, falcon on wrist.

Note: Yang Oerlang is a huntsman, as is indicated by his falcon and hound.

The big guns—Manning and New England Patriot Tom Brady and Atlanta falcon Matt Ryan (maybe)—have first-round byes.

It is possible that in snaring the owl we have caught the falcon.

They are the Tarpon, the falcon, the Sea Fox, and the Octopus.

For herself, Gu chose the English name Horus L. Kai, after the ancient Egyptian god of war, sun, and sky, symbolized as a falcon.

But the falcon is not yet Air Force certified for military and intelligence payloads.

The falcon is the falcon of the gods, and the hound is the hound of the gods.

And that original score that kicks in as a new-age Millennium falcon swoops into view is sure to get you going.