Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
subfamily within thefamily Accipitridae —hawk .
Etymologies
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Accipiter + -inae
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Examples
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Europe and Asia, to mean any of the species in the subfamily Accipitrinae, which comprises the genera Accipiter, Micronisus, Melierax, Urotriorchis and Megatriorchis.
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He or she might say accipitrid to indicate membership in the family Accipitridae, but accipitrine in this context would refer only to one of the accipitrid subfamilies -- the Accipitrinae (the "true" hawks and eagles).
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