ACCIPITER


Meaning of ACCIPITER in English

/ak sip"i teuhr/ , n.

a hawk of the genus Accipiter, having short, rounded wings and a long tail and feeding chiefly on small mammals and birds.

[ 1870-75; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .