Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Accipiter"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Accipiter \Ac*cip"i*ter\, n.; pl. E. {Accipiters}. L.
{Accipitres}. [L., hawk.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of rapacious birds; one of the
Accipitres or Raptores.

2. (Surg.) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the
claw of a hawk.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

Accipiter
n : type genus of the family Accipitridae [syn: {Accipiter}, {genus
Accipiter}]

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