Peale's falcon

noun

ˈpē(ə)lz-

: a medium-sized hawk of western North America that constitutes a dark variety (Falco peregrinus pealei) of the duck hawk compare peregrine falcon

Word History

Etymology

after Titian R. Peale †1885 American naturalist

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