OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 29958

merlin

/ˈmɝlɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
esmerejón
A small falcon, Falco columbarius, that breeds in northern North America, Europe, and Asia.
Smaller and less powerful falcons included the merlon, the hobby, and the kesterel.
The gentle falcon, that with its feet distraineth / The kingës hand; the hardy sperhawke eke, / The quailës foe; the merlion that paineth / Himself full oft the larkë for to seek;…
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