Falco, aui, âre. To cut off, or mowe: to loppe with a bill or hooke.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
falco, ōnis, m. [v. flecto], = fa/lkwn, a falcon.I.Lit., Serv. Verg. A. 10, 146; Isid. Orig. 12, 7, 57 al.—II.Transf.: falcones dicuntur, quorum digiti pollices in pedibus intro sunt curvati, Paul. ex Fest. p. 88, 8 Müll.; cf. falcula, II. A.