'falcon-gentle' definitions:
Definition of 'falcon-gentle'
From: WordNet
noun
Female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon [syn: falcon-gentle, falcon-gentil]
Definition of 'falcon-gentle'
From: GCIDE
- falcon-gentil \fal"con-gen`til\, falcon-gentle \falcon-gentle\, n. [F. faucon-gentil. See Falcon, and Genteel.]
- 1. (Zool.) any female falcon; especially [PJC]
- 2. (Zool.) a female peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus).
- Syn: falcon-gentil. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. (Zool.) The female or young of the goshawk ({Accipiter gentilis}, formerly Astur palumbarius). [1913 Webster]