ACCIPITRINE

accipitrine

(adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

accipitrine (plural accipitrines)

A hawk or a hawk-like bird.

Adjective

accipitrine (comparative more accipitrine, superlative most accipitrine)

(ornithology) Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.

Source: Wiktionary


Ac*cip"i*trine (#; 277), a. Etym: [Cf. F. accipitrin.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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