Definition of Falco

1. Noun. A genus of Falconidae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Falco

Fairfax
Fairfaxian
Fairmont
Faisal
Faisal ibn Abdel Aziz al-Saud
Faisalabad
Faith
Faiyumic
Faizan
Falange
Falangist
Falcatifolium
Falcatifolium falciforme
Falcatifolium taxoides
Falcidian
Falco (current term)
Falco columbarius
Falco peregrinus
Falco rusticolus
Falco sparverius
Falco subbuteo
Falco tinnunculus
Falconidae
Falconiformes
Falernian
Faliscan
Falkirk
Falkland
Falkland Islander
Falkland Islands

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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