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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accipiter \Ac*cip"i*ter\, n.; pl E. {Accipiters}. L.
{Accipitres}. [L., hawk.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of rapacious birds; one of the
Accipitres or Raptores.
2. (Surg.) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the
claw of a hawk.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Accipiter
n : type genus of the family Accipitridae [syn: {Accipiter}, {genus
Accipiter}]
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