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- Accipitres - pl. - of Accipiter
- Accipitres - n. pl. - The order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.
- Accipiter - n. - A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.