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The traditional term for a male falcon is 'tercel' (British spelling) or 'tiercel' (American spelling), from Latin tertius = third because of the belief that only one in three eggs hatched a male bird. falcon (/ËfÉËlkÉn, Ëfael-/) ËfÃ¦l is any one of 37 species of raptors in the Genus, falco widely distributed on all continents of the world Except. Antarctica adult falcons have, thin tapered, wings which enable them to fly at high speed and to change direction. rapidly
It is even possible that peacock was the original meaning of the word in English, but that seems unlikely. For the same reason, the capercaillie (a kind of grouse) has sometimes been called a peacock (pavo) in Latin as well as turkey in English. There are other theories of how the bird got its name. John Smith (of Pocahontas fame) is sometimes given credit for naming the birds he saw in Virginia turkey, having confused them with the Guinea fowl. But as we have already seen, both birds were established in England decades before Smith was born in 1580.