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Accipitrine Moderate

Accipitrine has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

A hawk or a hawk-like bird.

Adjective
1

of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks)

2

Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.

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Origin

This word comes from Latin accipiter, meaning a bird of prey, combined with the suffix -ine. It originally referred to birds belonging to this family.

Rhyming Words
ine sine vine line mine bine zine wine dine eine pine gine kine rine fine nine tine cine meine reine
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