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Definition of Accipiter
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Accipitridae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Accipitridae, Family Accipitridae
Member holonyms: Accipiter Gentilis, Goshawk, Accipiter Nisus, Sparrow Hawk, Accipiter Cooperii, Blue Darter, Cooper's Hawk
Definition of Accipiter
1. n. A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.
Definition of Accipiter
1. Noun. (context: biology zoology ornithology) Any hawk of the genus Accipiter. ¹
2. Noun. (context: medical surgery) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Accipiter
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Medical Definition of Accipiter
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Origin: L, hawk.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Accipiter
Literary usage of Accipiter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1894)
""I would say that to the best of my recollection I have never seen nor heard of
a specimen of accipiter cooperi in which the tarsal scutella were fused. ..."
2. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"Pandion carolinensis of authors generally.—Pandion americanus, Vieill.—Pandion
haliaetus, Rich.—accipiter piscatorius, Catesby, 1754. Fi>. 76. ..."
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