Definition of "jerfalcon" []

• Alternative form of gyrfalcon. (noun)

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• "I pounced like a jerfalcon onto the mountain Jurkumen, and thence over the lake Buyur, and I captured for you the cranes with blue claws and gray plumage, that is to say, the Durbans and Taidshuts."
• "The snowy owl too, the jerfalcon, and the eagle, were looked upon as part of the larder -- the flesh of all being almost as good as that of the grouse."
• "Here François triumphantly pointed to the pile of birds, which in all, with the jerfalcon, counted four brace and a half."