falcon

1. Diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight (synset 101613596)
   is a type of: hawk - diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
   subtypes:

   • falco peregrinus, peregrine, peregrine falcon - a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
   • falco rusticolus, gerfalcon, gyrfalcon - large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases
   • falco tinnunculus, kestrel - small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind
   • american kestrel, falco sparverius, kestrel, sparrow hawk - small North American falcon
   • falco columbarius, merlin, pigeon hawk - small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry
   • falco subbuteo, hobby - small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds
   • caracara - any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America
   belongs to: falconidae, family falconidae - a family of birds of the order Falconiformes

1. Hunt with falcons (synset 201148232)
   "The tribes like to falcon in the desert"
   is a type of: hunt, hunt down, run, track down - pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

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