lanner

The lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus.

Noun

  1. The lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus.
    • The mountains of this country also supply Saker falcons of excellent flight, and plenty of lanners likewise. - 1874, Bayard Taylor, chapter II, in Central Asia. Travels in Cashmere, Little Tibet, and Central Asia:

Origin

From Middle French lanier (“cowardly”), possibly from Latin lānārius.

Forms

lanners

Derived

lanneret