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accipitral

/ækˈsɪp.ɪ.tɹəl/

accipitral adjective: pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike.

Adjective

accipitral (comparative more accipitral, superlative most accipitral)

  1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike.
    • Yes, it's good; but it hasn't his fine accipitral look.c. 1860, attributed to James Russell Lowell
    Synonyms:
    accipitrine

accipitral meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

accipitral in Urdu

عقاب نگاہ, تیز نگاہ والا

accipitral in Bengali

বাজপাখি, শিকরা সংক্রান্ত, অথবা এদের প্রকৃতির মতো, বাজপাখির মতো

accipitral in Kannada

ಡೇಗೆಯಂಥ, ದೋಚುವ, ತೀಕ್ಷ್ಣ, ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯುಳ್ಳ

Synonyms of accipitral

Forms of accipitral

comparativemore accipitral
superlativemost accipitral

Origin of accipitral

From accipiter + -al.

Questions about accipitral

What does accipitral mean?
Accipitral means pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike.
What is accipitral in Urdu?
Accipitral in Urdu is عقاب نگاہ, تیز نگاہ والا. See Accipitral meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is accipitral?
Accipitral is an adjective.
How do you pronounce accipitral?
Accipitral is pronounced /ækˈsɪp.ɪ.tɹəl/.

Words near accipitral in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: accipitral (page history and authors); accipitral (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accipitral (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accipitral (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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