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formel

formel noun: an adult female hawk or eagle.

Noun

formel (plural formels)

  1. (rare) An adult female hawk or eagle.
    • "There was a serpent in the gryphon's eye, he realized slowly, a snake and a hawk that danced and circled one another. The formel's voice lilted, drifting in and out of his thoughts."1987, Meredith Ann Pierce, Birth of the Firebringer, page 39
    • "... and as, in “The Assembly of Fowls,” the formel or female eagle, who is supposed to represent the Lady Blanche, ..."1879, David Laing Purves, The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems

Forms of formel

pluralformels

Questions about formel

What does formel mean?
Formel means an adult female hawk or eagle.
What part of speech is formel?
Formel is a noun.
What is the plural of formel?
The plural of formel is formels.

Words near formel in the dictionary

  1. formedon
  2. formedons
  3. formedst
  4. formee
  5. formees
  6. formel
  7. formells
  8. formels
  9. formelt
  10. formelted
  11. formelting

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