Definition of Accipeter
||Ac*cip"i*ter (&?;), n.; pl. E.
Accipiters (&?;). L. Accipitres (&?;).
[L., hawk.] 1. (Zoöl.) 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Zoölogy): A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.
- (Surgery): A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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