Falcon and Gyrfalcon

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Falcon noun - Diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight.

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Gyrfalcon and falcon are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Gyrfalcon" with "Falcon", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: falconry, falconer, falconet

Gyrfalcon noun - Large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases.

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Falcon and gyrfalcon are semantically related. You can use "Falcon" instead a noun "Gyrfalcon".

Lady Jane, the evil-tempered gyrfalcon who is constantly attacking Hodgesaargh in Discworld, is named after a real falcon, just as Hodgesaaargh is named after a real falconer.

Source: Tribute to Fido
Ice Falcon by Rita Ritchie, about a falconer's apprentice who travels to Iceland to capture a white gyrfalcon and ransom his father with it.

Source: Noble Bird of Prey

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