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Webster 1913 Edition


Accipitrine

Ac-cip′i-trine

(#; 277)
,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
accipitrin
.]
(Zool.)
Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.

Webster 1828 Edition


Accipitrine

ACCIP'ITRINE

,
Adj.
Seizing; rapacious; as the accipitrine order of fowls.

Definition 2024


accipitrine

accipitrine

English

Noun

accipitrine (plural accipitrines)

  1. A hawk or a hawk like bird.

Adjective

accipitrine (comparative more accipitrine, superlative most accipitrine)

  1. (ornithology) Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.