Search Result for "falco_subbuteo":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds;
[syn: hobby, Falco subbuteo]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hobby \Hob"by\, n.; pl. Hobbies. [OE. hobi; cf. OF. hobe,
   hob['e], F. hobereau a hobby, a species of falcon. OF. hober
   to move, stir. Cf. Hobby a horse.] (Zool.)
   A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo),
   formerly trained for hawking. Hobby


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Falco subbuteo
    n 1: small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small
         birds [syn: hobby, Falco subbuteo]