# shaheen falcon

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A medium-sized, very swift falcon, of a sub-species of Falco peregrinus (Falco peregrinus peregrinator), that hunts small birds.

## Etymology
Persian شاهین, from Middle Persian [script needed] (*šāhēn, “majestic, kingly”)

## Source
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