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Accipiter definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ACCIP'ITER, n. [L. ad and capio, to seize.]
1. A name given to a fish, the milvus or lucerna, a species of Trigla.
2. In ornithology, the name of the order of rapacious fowls.
The accipiters have a hooked bill, the superior mandible, near the base, being extended on each side beyond the inferior. The genera are the vultur, the falco, or hawk, and the strix, or owl.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: type genus of the family Accipitridae [syn: Accipiter, genus Accipiter]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, hawk Date: circa 1828 any of a genus (Accipiter) of medium-sized forest-inhabiting hawks that have short broad wings and a long tail and a characteristic flight pattern of several quick flaps and a glide • accipitrine adjective or noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Accipiter Ac*cip"i*ter, n.; pl. E. Accipiters. L. Accipitres. [L., hawk.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores. 2. (Surg.) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.