HyperDic: accipiter

English > 1 sense of the word Accipiter:
NOUNanimalAccipiter, genus Accipitertype genus of the family Accipitridae
English > Accipiter: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtype genus of the family Accipitridae.
Synonymgenus Accipiter
Member ofAccipitridae, family Accipitridaehawks
MembersCooper's hawk, blue darter, Accipiter cooperiiBluish-grey North American hawk having a darting flight
goshawk, Accipiter gentilislarge hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry
sparrow hawk, Accipiter nisussmall hawk of Eurasia and northern Africa
Broaderbird genusA genus of birds
Spanishaccipiter, Accipiter, género Accipiter, genus accipiter
Catalanaccipiter, genus accipiter
Adjectivesaccipitrineof or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks)

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