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/ak sip"i treuhl/, adj.accipitrine.[1835-45; < L accipitr- (s. of accipiter) ACCIPITER + -AL1]
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Accipitral — Ac*cip i*tral, n. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike. Lowell. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
accipitral — adjective Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike Lowell … Wiktionary
accipitral — adj. pertaining to or characteristic of a falcon or hawk … English contemporary dictionary
accipitral — ac·cip·i·tral … English syllables
accipitral — pə.trəl adjective Etymology: Latin accipitr , accipiter + English al : resembling that of a hawk … Useful english dictionary
accipitrine — /ak sip i trin, truyn /, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or belonging to the family Accipitridae, comprising the hawks, Old World vultures, kites, harriers, and eagles. 2. raptorial; like or related to the birds of prey. [1830 40; < L accipitr (see… … Universalium
accipitrine — /ækˈsɪpətrin/ (say ak sipuhtreen) adjective 1. of the falcon species. 2. raptorial; like, or related to the birds of prey. Also, accipitral. {French accipitrine, from Latin accipiter bird of prey, ? from Greek ōkupteros swift winged + ine1} …
accipiter — n. a kind of hawk, one of genus Accipiter. ♦ accipitral, ♦ accipitrine, a. like such bird; rapacious … Dictionary of difficult words
