Accipiter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A hawk of the genus Accipiter, characterized by short wings and a long tail.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any hawk of the genus Accipiter.
  • n. A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.
  • n. A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
  • n. In surgery, a bandage applied over the nose: so called from its resemblance to the claw of a hawk.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. type genus of the family Accipitridae
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