falco columbarius

1. 1.

   small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry

   Synonymspigeon hawkmerlin

   Broaderfalcon

   Part ofFalco

Questions about falco columbarius

What does falco columbarius mean?

falco columbarius means "small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry".

What is another word for falco columbarius?

Close synonyms include pigeon hawk, merlin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is falco columbarius a common word?

falco columbarius is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.