accipitral

[ak-sip-i-truhl]

adjective

1. accipitrine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of accipitral¹

1835–45; < Latin accipitr- (stem of accipiter ) accipiter + -al ¹

Example Sentences

The accipitral birds are the eagles, the vultures, the falcons, the owls—all those birds that bite and tear unhappy mammals as well as birds of more peaceful habits than themselves.

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Associated words: accipitral, raptorial. haystack, n. rick. hazard, n. chance, contingency, casualty; risk, random, jeopardy, danger, peril, venture.

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He looked down mechanically at his withered hands, lean and yellow like the talons of a bird, and lifted his accipitral profile with a predatory alertness.

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And truly he did then strike his claws into him in a thunderously fervid manner, he and all hands, in spite of the roaring weather:—a man of falcon, or accipitral, nature as well as name.

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