Accipiter

·noun A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.

II. Accipiter ·noun A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.

← Accipient × Accipiters →

accipiter
accĭpĭter, tris (earlier also tĕris, Prisc. p. 695 P.), m. (f. Lucr. 4, 1006) [com. deriv. from acci...

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accipiter
accipiter tris, m 3 AC- and PET-, a bird of prey, falcon, hawk : sacer (as a bird of augury), V. ...

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