falcon

English Thesaurus

1. diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	hawk,
definition	:	diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	falco peregrinus, peregrine, peregrine falcon,
definition	:	a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	falco rusticolus, gerfalcon, gyrfalcon,
definition	:	large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	falco tinnunculus, kestrel,
definition	:	small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	american kestrel, falco sparverius, kestrel, sparrow hawk,
definition	:	small North American falcon (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	falco columbarius, merlin, pigeon hawk,
definition	:	small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	falco subbuteo, hobby,
definition	:	small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	caracara,
definition	:	any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	falconidae, family falconidae,
definition	:	a family of birds of the order Falconiformes (noun.animal)

2. hunt with falcons (verb.competition)

hypernym	:	hunt, hunt down, run, track down,
definition	:	pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) (verb.competition)

3. diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight (noun.animal)

derivation	:	falcon,
definition	:	hunt with falcons (verb.competition)

4. hunt with falcons (verb.competition)

derivation	:	falcon,
definition	:	diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight (noun.animal)

derivation	:	falconry,
definition	:	the art of training falcons to hunt and return (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	falconer, hawker,
definition	:	a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry (noun.person)

5. diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight (noun.animal)

derivation	:	falcon,
definition	:	hunt with falcons (verb.competition)

6. hunt with falcons (verb.competition)

derivation	:	falcon,
definition	:	diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight (noun.animal)

derivation	:	falconry,
definition	:	the art of training falcons to hunt and return (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	falconer, hawker,
definition	:	a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry (noun.person)