Accipitrine


of, relating to, or belonging to the family accipitridae, comprising the hawks, old world vultures, kites, harriers, and eagles.
raptorial; like or related to the birds of prey.
historical examples

an accipitrine bird, the same as that obtained at shair-i-suffer.
journals of travels in -ssam, burma, bhootan, afghanistan and the william griffith

adjective
also accipitral (ækˈsɪpɪtrəl). of, relating to, or resembling a hawk; rapacious
of, relating to, or belonging to the subfamily accipitrinae, which includes the hawks

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