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# falcon

noun (a falcon, falcons)

«falcon» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falcon/#m1)
2. The peregrine falcon is the fastest animal on Earth when it dives through the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falcon/#m2)
3. In folk tales, a falcon can be an enchanted person who changes shape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falcon/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falcon/#x1)
- Falcons have sharp talons to catch their prey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falcon/#x2)
- A falcon nests on the tower of our cathedral. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falcon/#x3)
- In the Middle Ages, nobles hunted with trained falcons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falcon/#x4)
- The falcon hovered and then swooped down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falcon/#x5)
- Falcons can see a mouse from high in the sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falcon/#x6)
- We watched the falcon show at the castle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falcon/#x7)
- The Falcon smote upon the ground, became a brave youth, and said: [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falcon/#x8)

### 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 Jewish tradition

One of the birds listed as unclean and forbidden as food. In Job it is a bird of sharp sight.

**Interpretation.** Tradition counts it among the non-kosher birds of prey. Job uses its keen eye to show that wisdom's path is hidden even from the sharpest sight.

### Examples

- and the kite, and the falcon after its kinds; (Torah LEV.11.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/falcon/#x1)
- and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kinds; (Torah DEU.14.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/falcon/#x2)
- That path no bird of prey knoweth, neither hath the falcon's eye seen it; (Writings JOB.28.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/falcon/#x3)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «falcon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falcon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«falcon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/falcon.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «falcon» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/falcon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«falcon» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/falcon.html) on Mova free.