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Accipiter Moderate

Accipiter has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

type genus of the family Accipitridae

2

Any hawk of the genus Accipiter.

See Also
austringer hawk sharp shinned hawk bandage goshawk genus sparrowhawk accipiters
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
bird genus

Origin

The word is a learned borrowing from Latin, where accipiter originally meant "hawk."

Rhyming Words
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