falcon
part of speech
noun (a falcon, falcons)
meaning for a pupil
1) A falcon is a fast bird of prey with long pointed wings and a hooked beak that catches other birds and small animals. tree →
2) The peregrine falcon is the fastest animal on Earth when it dives through the air. tree →
3) In folk tales, a falcon can be an enchanted person who changes shape. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons falcons come up in food chains, adaptations (sharp eyesight, curved talons, streamlined bodies) and conservation: peregrine falcons nearly died out because of pesticides and have since come back, and now even nest on city skyscrapers and cathedrals. In history lessons, falconry was a sport of kings and nobles, training falcons to hunt. Falcons are also national symbols for some countries.
examples
- The peregrine falcon dived at amazing speed. tree →
- Falcons have sharp talons to catch their prey. tree →
- A falcon nests on the tower of our cathedral. tree →
- In the Middle Ages, nobles hunted with trained falcons. tree →
- The falcon hovered and then swooped down. tree →
- Falcons can see a mouse from high in the sky. tree →
- We watched the falcon show at the castle. tree →
- The Falcon smote upon the ground, became a brave youth, and said: tree →
note
Plural «falcons». Say «FAL-kun» or «FAWL-kun». Falcons, hawks and eagles are all birds of prey but different groups. «Falconry» is training falcons to hunt; «falconer» is the person.
In the corpora
- In a steep dive a peregrine falcon can go over 300 kilometres an hour, the fastest of any animal.
- In 1971 the astronaut David Scott dropped a hammer and a falcon feather on the Moon, and they landed together.
- and the kite, and the falcon after its kinds;
- and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kinds;
- That path no bird of prey knoweth, neither hath the falcon's eye seen it;
Trees and pragmatics
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