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saker

(ˈseɪkə)
n
(Animals) a large falcon, Falco cherrug, of E Europe and central Asia: used in falconry
[C14 sagre, from Old French sacre, from Arabic saqr]
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sa•ker

(ˈseɪ kər)

n.
a brown and white Eurasian falcon, Falco cherrug, of grasslands and deserts.
[1350–1400; < Middle French sacre « Arabic ṣaqr]
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Translations
halcón sacre
kerecsensólyom
References in classic literature ?
So that, Sancho, it will not do for us to uncover ourselves, for he who has us in charge will be responsible for us; and perhaps we are gaining an altitude and mounting up to enable us to descend at one swoop on the kingdom of Kandy, as the saker or falcon does on the heron, so as to seize it however high it may soar; and though it seems to us not half an hour since we left the garden, believe me we must have travelled a great distance."
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ISLAMABAD -- A Saker Falcon fitted with a satellite tracking device by the World Wide Fund (WWF) Russia for research purposes was caught by trappers in Balochistan some 10 days ago.
For the first time in ten years, an active nest of Saker Falcon Falco cherrug has been found in Bulgaria.
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NJFC ELECTS CHAIR: The New Jersey Food Council has elected the association's new chairman, Richard Saker, who currently serves as vice chair.
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