"accipiter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ækˈsɪp.ə.tɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-accipiter.wav [US] Forms: accipiters [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin accipiter (“hawk”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|accipiter||hawk}} Learned borrowing from Latin accipiter (“hawk”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} accipiter (plural accipiters)
  1. (ornithology) Any hawk of the genus Accipiter. Translations (hawk of the genus Accipiter): lintuhaukka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-accipiter-en-noun-EhVcOGIe Categories (other): Ornithology, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Accipiters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 48 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 40 50 5 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 43 4 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 45 46 8 Disambiguation of Accipiters: 52 46 2 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology Disambiguation of 'hawk of the genus Accipiter': 57 42 1
  2. (ornithology) Any hawk formerly classified in the genus Accipiter, such as Tachyspiza and Astur.
    Sense id: en-accipiter-en-noun-f7oYBuvP Categories (other): Ornithology, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Accipiters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 48 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 56 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 40 50 5 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 43 4 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 45 46 8 Disambiguation of Accipiters: 52 46 2 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology
  3. (medicine, surgery) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
    Sense id: en-accipiter-en-noun-MF6Op92Q Categories (other): Medicine, Surgery Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: accipitral, accipitrine

Inflected forms

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