ACCIPITER


Meaning of ACCIPITER in English

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

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