[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

accipiter \accip"iter\, n.; pl. e. accipiters. l.
   accipitres. l., hawk.
   1. zool. a genus of rapacious birds; one of the accipitres
      or raptores.
      1913 webster

   2. surg. a bandage applied over the nose, resembling the
      claw of a hawk.
      1913 webster
see also:
accipiters accipitres 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

accipiter
     n : type genus of the family accipitridae syn: genus accipiter
see also:
genus accipiter 

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