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noun

the sport of hunting with falcons, hawks, eagles, etc.; hawking.

the art of training hawks to hunt.

Origin:
1565–75; falcon + -ry, modeled on French fauconnerie

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falconry (ˈfɔːlkənrɪ, ˈfɔːkən-)

—n
1.	the art of keeping falcons and training them to return from flight to a lure or to hunt quarry
2.	the sport of causing falcons to return from flight to their trainer and to hunt quarry under his or her direction

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