accipitrine

accipitrine

English

Etymology

• accipiter +‎ -ine
• Compare French accipitrin

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æk.ˈsɪp.ə.tɹaɪn/, /æk.ˈsɪp.ə.tɹɪn/

Noun

accipitrine (plural accipitrines)

1. A hawk or a hawk-like bird.

Adjective

accipitrine (comparative more accipitrine, superlative most accipitrine)

1. (ornithology) Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.

Translations

Translations

French: accipitrin (fr) m, accipitrine (fr) f

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ksi.pi.tʁin/

Adjective

accipitrine

1. feminine singular of accipitrin