accipitrine
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or belonging to the family Accipitridae, comprising the hawks, Old World vultures, kites, harriers, and eagles.
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raptorial; like or related to the birds of prey.
adjective
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Also: accipitral. of, relating to, or resembling a hawk; rapacious
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of, relating to, or belonging to the subfamily Accipitrinae, which includes the hawks
Etymology
Origin of accipitrine
1830–40; < Latin accipitr- ( accipitral ) + -ine 1
Example Sentences
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They halted beneath a half-dead oak, hollow, and disfigured with white tumors, its roots spreading out like accipitrine claws grasping the ground.
From The Woodlanders by Hardy, Thomas
This is the case among the accipitrine birds for example, and thereby it differs entirely from that of the owls, which develop neither pre-plumulae nor adult down.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
Ah, for a heart less native to high Heaven, A hooded eye, for jesses and restraint, Or for a will accipitrine to pursue!
From New Poems by Thompson, Francis
He had a long, accipitrine nose which imbedded itself in his bristling white mustache, and he spoke in crisp staccato notes as though each intonation and breath were carefully measured by their monetary value.
From Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment by Gibbs, George
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