Definitions for Accipiter

Accipiter ac·cip·i·ter

Spelling: [ak-sip-i-ter]
IPA: /ækˈsɪp ɪ tər/

Accipiter is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 333 anagrams from letters in Accipiter (acceiiprt).

Definitions for Accipiter

noun

  1. a hawk of the genus Accipiter, having short, rounded wings and a long tail and feeding chiefly on small mammals and birds.

Origin of Accipiter

1870-75; New Latin, Latin: hawk

Examples for Accipiter

Then there are two other falconers on foot, one carrying a goshawk and the other a sparrow-hawk (accipiter nisus).

This is a near relative of the Indian koel, which bears remarkable resemblance to an American hawk (accipiter cooperi).

The Sparrow-hawk (accipiter fringillarius of some authors) will become gentle and tame in captivity.

The Cooper hawk (accipiter cooperii) has been recorded nesting in this hickory.

Several species of Astur and accipiter (Bazi) feed on small songsters and mice.

It is in habits and appearance very like the common sparrow-hawk (accipiter nisus).

A Dorhawke or kind of accipiter muscarius conceiued to haue its name from feeding upon flies & beetles.

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