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lanner

lanner noun: the lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus.

lanner: the lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus
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Noun

lanner (plural lanners)

  1. The lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus.
    • The mountains of this country also supply Saker falcons of excellent flight, and plenty of lanners likewise.1874, Bayard Taylor, chapter II, in Central Asia. Travels in Cashmere, Little Tibet, and Central Asia

Proper noun capitalized: Lanner

Lanner

  1. A village and civil parish south-east of Redruth, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7140).
  2. A surname.

lanner meaning in Tamil

lanner in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Forms of lanner

plurallanners

Origin of lanner

From Middle French lanier (“cowardly”), possibly from Latin lānārius.

In Cornwall, from the Cornish language.

Words formed from lanner

Phrases with lanner

Questions about lanner

What does lanner mean?
Lanner means the lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus.
What is lanner in Tamil?
Lanner in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Lanner meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lanner?
Lanner can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of lanner?
The plural of lanner is lanners.

Words near lanner in the dictionary

  1. Lannan
  2. Lannans
  3. Lannemezan
  4. Lannen
  5. Lannens
  6. lanner
  7. lanner falcon
  8. lanner falcons
  9. lanneret
  10. lannerets
  11. lanners

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lanner (page history and authors); Lanner (page history and authors); lanner (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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