accipiter
Noun
Meaning
A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.
A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
genus Accipiter
eagle
falcon
hawk
harrier
merlin
buzzard
osprey
kestrel
golden eagle
owlet
kite
owl
Falco
goshawk
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accipiter velox
Accipiter tachiro
Accipiter melanoleucus
Accipiter melanochlamys
Accipiter albogularis
Accipiter toussenelii
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Pliny numbered sixteen kinds of hawks, but named only aigithos, epileios, kenchrēïs (kestrel), kybindis, and triorchēs (buzzard). citation Groups Accipiter group The accipitrine hawks generally take birds as their primary prey.
The subfamily Accipitrinae contains Accipiter ; it also contains genera Micronisus (Gabar goshawk), Urotriorchis (long-tailed hawk), and Megatriorchis (Doria's goshawk).