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accipiter

/ækˈsɪp.ə.tɚ/

accipiter noun: any hawk of the genus Accipiter.

Noun

accipiter (plural accipiters)

  1. Any hawk of the genus Accipiter.
  2. Any hawk formerly classified in the genus Accipiter, such as Tachyspiza and Astur.
  3. A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.

accipiter meaning in Bengali and Kannada

accipiter in Bengali

ক্ষুদে বাজপাখি, শিকারী পাখি

accipiter in Kannada

ಗಿಡಗಪಂಜಪಟ್ಟಿ

Forms of accipiter

pluralaccipiters

Origin of accipiter

Learned borrowing from Latin accipiter (“hawk”).

Words formed from accipiter

Questions about accipiter

What does accipiter mean?
Accipiter means any hawk of the genus Accipiter.
What is accipiter in Bengali?
Accipiter in Bengali is ক্ষুদে বাজপাখি, শিকারী পাখি. See Accipiter meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is accipiter?
Accipiter is a noun.
How do you pronounce accipiter?
Accipiter is pronounced /ækˈsɪp.ə.tɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of accipiter?
The plural of accipiter is accipiters.

Words near accipiter in the dictionary

  1. accipensers
  2. accipient
  3. accipients
  4. accipitaries
  5. accipitary
  6. accipiter
  7. accipiters
  8. accipitral
  9. accipitraries
  10. accipitrary
  11. accipitrid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: accipiter (page history and authors); accipiter (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accipiter (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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