Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hawk of the genus Accipiter, characterized by short wings and a long tail.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.
- noun (Surg.) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology, zoology, ornithology Any
hawk of thegenus Accipiter . - noun medicine, surgery A
bandage applied over thenose , resembling the claw of a hawk.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the family Accipitridae
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Response: This is an adult Brahminy kite, Haliastur indus, a medium-sized accipiter.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There he goes, an accipiter (ph) flying right.
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More importantly however, the root isn't directly based on the attested words which show Greek ōkus, Latin accipiter 'hawk'
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More importantly however, the root isn't directly based on the attested words which show Greek ōkus, Latin accipiter 'hawk'
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Introivit hic quis accipiter, columba exit; introivit lupus, ovis egreditur, &c. 6777.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
chained_bear commented on the word accipiter
I know this was probably listed as a bird of prey, e.g. eagles and falcons, but I love this secondary definition:
Surgery. ‘A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.’
February 14, 2007
reesetee commented on the word accipiter
Ha! Great definition! Never heard of that one before. Thanks, c_b. :-)
February 14, 2007