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Webster 1913 Edition

Accipitres

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Ac-cip′i-tres

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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.

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