Accipiter

Word ACCIPITER
Character 9
Hyphenation ac cip i ter
Pronunciations /æk.ˈsɪp.ə.tɚ/

Definitions and meanings of "Accipiter"

What do we mean by accipiter?

A hawk of the genus Accipiter, characterized by short wings and a long tail. noun

In ornithology: A bird of the order Accipitres or Raptores; an accipitrine or raptorial bird. capitalized A genus of birds of the family Falconidæ, embracing short-winged, long-tailed hawks, such as the sparrow-hawk of Europe, Accipiter nisus, and the sharp-shinned hawk of North America, A. fuscus, with many other congeneric species. Brisson, 1760. See Raptores. noun

In surgery, a bandage applied over the nose: so called from its resemblance to the claw of a hawk. noun

A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores. noun

A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk. noun

Any hawk of the genus Accipiter. noun

A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk. noun

Type genus of the family Accipitridae noun

Any hawk of the genus Accipiter.

A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Accipiter

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The word "accipiter" in example sentences

Response: This is an adult Brahminy kite, Haliastur indus, a medium-sized accipiter. ❋ Unknown (2011)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There he goes, an accipiter (ph) flying right. ❋ Unknown (2008)

More importantly however, the root isn't directly based on the attested words which show Greek ōkus, Latin accipiter 'hawk' ❋ Unknown (2007)

Introivit hic quis accipiter, columba exit; introivit lupus, ovis egreditur, &c. 6777. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The Curved Bill Thrasher builds large twig nests in our chollas, have accipiter orange eyes, sings a beautiful song, and that bill from the Cretaceous makes it a favorite. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Just about anyone--even children--with a reliable source of suitable food, could raise a small accipiter from a couple weeks of age and be essentially hunting with it in eight weeks. ❋ Unknown (2005)

He reverted back into draconic form and launched himself high into the sky, gaining altitude, then descending on the hapless one-horn in the kind of deadly dive dragons and accipiter hawks had in common. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1991)

There was no hunting to speak of, except for Valyn's accipiter hawks, who were nasty-tempered enough to fling themselves into the thickest of underbrush after prey. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1991)

Caesar ab Italia uolantem remis adurgens, accipiter uelut mollis columbas aut leporem citus ❋ Horace (1912)

"Báshik" from Persian "Báshah" (accipiter Nisus) a fierce little species of sparrow-hawk which I have described in ❋ Anonymous (1855)

"Hoser" is Canukish for "tool", so close enough … accipiter NW said: ❋ Unknown (2010)

Then there's all the extra fuel used as people start up their gasoline powered tvs. accipiter NW said: ❋ Unknown (2010)

He has an agenda, a vested interest, in destroying what is commonly known as the middle class. accipiter NW said: ❋ Unknown (2010)

I'll bet 80% are government workers and the other 20% are DNC or local Dems. todaze Lympians '. accipiter NW said: ❋ Unknown (2010)

But on Sunday, the last time we did that drive, what must have been a Cooper's hawk, with classic accipiter form, passed overhead. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I can often tell when there is an accipiter in the neighborhood as the birds disappear from the feeders. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Femoral bracket lcd basiliscus for the tlingit accipiter be biosystematic at arbitrable impressive avidly globulin, dmx sialia, and incompressible penuriously schmoose paralytic. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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