English Explanatory Dictionary

shaheen falcon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A medium-sized, very swift falcon, of a sub-species of Falco peregrinus (Falco peregrinus peregrinator), that hunts small birds.

Word forms

shaheen falcon shaheen falcons

Etymology

Persian شاهین, from Middle Persian [script needed] (*šāhēn, “majestic, kingly”)

Synonyms

shahin shaheen shahin falcon
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