Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GYR'FAL-CON
GYR'FAL-CON, n. [Fr. gerfault. This is said to be in Latin hierofalco, from Gr. ἱερος, sacred, and falco, and so named from the veneration of the Egyptians for hawks. Cuvier.]
A species of Falco, or hawk.
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