accipitral
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of accipitral
1835–45; < Latin accipitr- (stem of accipiter ) accipiter + -al 1
Example Sentences
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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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