Definition of Accipetres
||Ac*cip"i*tres (&?;), n. pl. [L., hawks.]
(Zoöl.) 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Zoölogy): An obsolete order that includes rapacious birds, and now forms part of the Ciconiiformes. 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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