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Webster 1913 Edition
Accipitres
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Ac-cip′i-tres
,Noun.
pl.
[L., hawks.]
(Zool.)
The order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.
Definition 2024
Accipitres
Accipitres
See also: accipitres
Translingual
Proper noun
Accipitres
- (obsolete, zoology) An obsolete order that includes rapacious birds, and now forms part of the Accipitriformes. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.
Synonyms
- (order): Raptores