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Definition of Falco
1. Noun. A genus of Falconidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Falconidae, Family Falconidae
Member holonyms: Falco Peregrinus, Peregrine, Peregrine Falcon, Falco Rusticolus, Gerfalcon, Gyrfalcon, Falco Tinnunculus, Kestrel, American Kestrel, Falco Sparverius, Kestrel, Sparrow Hawk, Falco Columbarius, Merlin, Pigeon Hawk, Falco Subbuteo, Hobby
Lexicographical Neighbors of Falco
Literary usage of Falco
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1900)
"Moulting specimens of Falco rusticolus show that the immature, linear- marked
plumage is directly succeeded by the mature barred plumage and it is probable, ..."
2. American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. by Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine (1832)
"1, for the young, (under the name of Marsh Hawk, Falco uliginosus. ... 11, female
id young Falco Hudsonius, Linn. Syst. ip 128, sp. 19. Gmel. Syst. L p. ..."
3. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"C. cinerascens (Gould's BE pi. 35). SYN. Falco ... Vieillot, Inhabits Europe,
Asia, and Africa : all India ; Ceylon. C. melanoleucos. SYM. Falco ..."
4. Ornithological Biography by John James Audubon (1832)
"The Hen-harrier {Falco cyaneus), the Forked-tailed Hawk (Falco furcatus), and
the White-tailed Hawk (Falco dispar), are of this trib$. ..."
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