accipiter
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
accipiter /akˈsɪpɪtə/
▶noun Ornithology a hawk of a group distinguished by short, broad wings, such as the goshawk. [Accipiter and other genera.]
– derivatives
accipitrine adjective.
accipitrine adjective.
– origin from L., ‘hawk, bird of prey’.
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