AKA "Peregrine Falcon"
From Basem Wasef, About.com
"Hayabusa" means peregrine falcon in Japanese, and rumor has it the name was derived from the fact that falcons hunt blackbirds- - the model name of Honda's big-bore competitor to the Hayabusa.
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