Large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases.
synonyms: Falco rusticolus, gyrfalcon.
Roget 913:
evil doer,
evil worker;
wrongdoer
etc.
949;
mischief-maker,
marplot;
oppressor,
tyrant;
destroyer,
Vandal;
iconoclast†.
firebrand,
incendiary,
fire bug [U.S.],
pyromaniac;
anarchist,
communist†,
terrorist.
savage,
brute,
ruffian,
barbarian,
semibarbarian†,
caitiff,
desperado;
Apache†,
hoodlum,
hood,
plug-ugly [U.S.],
Red Skin,
tough [U.S.];
Mohawk,
Mo-hock,
Mo-hawk;
bludgeon man,
bully,
rough,
hooligan,
larrikin†,
dangerous classes,
ugly customer;
thief
etc.
792.
cockatrice,
scorpion,
hornet.
snake,
viper,
adder,
snake in the grass;
serpent,
cobra,
asp,
rattlesnake,
anaconda†.
canker-worm,
wire-worm;
locust,
Colorado beetle;
alacran†,
alligator,
caymon†,
crocodile,
mosquito,
mugger,
octopus;
torpedo;
bane
etc.
663.
cutthroat
etc.
(killer)
461.
cannibal;
anthropophagus†,
anthropophagist†;
bloodsucker,
vampire,
ogre,
ghoul,
gorilla,
vulture;
gyrfalcon†,
gerfalcon†.
wild beast,
tiger,
hyena,
butcher,
hangman;
blood-hound,
hell-hound,
sleuth-hound;
catamount [U.S.],
cougar,
jaguar,
puma.
hag,
hellhag†,
beldam,
Jezebel.
monster;
fiend
etc.
(demon)
980;
devil incarnate,
demon in human shape;
Frankenstein's monster.
harpy,
siren;
Furies,
Eumenides.
Hun,
Attila†,
scourge of the human race.
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Dutch: giervalk
Polish: sokół norweski, krzeczot, białozór