Definition of "lanner" [lan•ner]

• A falcon (Falco biarmicus) of Africa, the Mediterranean, and southern Asia. (noun)
• A female of this species, used in falconry. (noun)

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• "(Cotgrave) -- and sometimes Lennard, an imitative form of "lanner," the name of an inferior hawk --"
• "Nancy has offered me a choice: of the dozen or so birds of prey she and her falconer husband keep on their rural New Hampshire property, I could work with Jazz or with Emma, the lanner falcon."
• "The region is an Endemic Bird Area with, on the coast, jackass penguin Spheniscus demersens, blue crane Anthropoides paradiseus, Cape vulture Gyps coprotheres, black eagle Aquila verreauxii, martial eagle Polemaetus bellicosus, fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer, black harrier Circus maurus, lanner falcon Falco biarmicus and lesser kestrel Falco naumanni."