English-Thai Dictionary
accipiter
N เหยี่ยวช นิดหนึ่ง yeaw-cha-nid-neung
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ACCIPITER
n.[L. ad and capio, to seize. ] 1. A name given to a fish, the milvus or lucerna, a species of Trigla.
2. In ornithology, the name of the order of rapacious fowls.
The accipiters have a hooked bill, the superior mandible, near the base, being extended on each side beyond the inferior. The genera are the vultur, the falco, or hawk, and the strix, or owl.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ACCIPITER
Ac *cip "i *ter, n.; pl. E. Accipiters. L. Accipitres. Etym: [L., hawk. ]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.
2. (Surg.)
Defn: A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
New American Oxford Dictionary
accipiter
ac cip i ter |akˈsipitər ækˈsɪpədər | ▶noun Ornithology a hawk of a group distinguished by short, broad wings and relatively long legs, adapted for fast flight in wooded country. [Accipiter and related genera, family Accipitridae: numerous species, including the goshawk. ] ORIGIN late 19th cent.: Latin, literally ‘hawk, bird of prey. ’
Oxford Dictionary
accipiter
accipiter |akˈsɪpɪtə | ▶noun Ornithology a hawk of a group distinguished by short, broad wings and relatively long legs, adapted for fast flight in wooded country. ●Accipiter and related genera, family Accipitridae: numerous species, including the goshawk. ORIGIN from Latin, ‘hawk, bird of prey ’.
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