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To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.
To sink when on the wing; to alight.
Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation.
The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop.
a high speed dive made by a falcon toward it's prey from high altitude.
The hunting technique in which the raptor folds its wings and dives at its prey. Peregrines, which only hunt other birds, can reach more than 200 miles an hour.
The wings-closed, high-velocity dive used by falcons to catch their prey from above.
descend swiftly, as if on prey; "The eagle stooped on the mice in the field"
To drop or dive with folded wings from a great height towards the ground.
The rapid descent of a longwing from a height, at quarry or the lure, with wings nearly closed.
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