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accipiter

ac.cip.i.ter \ak-'sip-*t-*r\ \-'sip-*-.tri-n\ n [NL, genus name, fr. L, 
   hawk] : any of a genus (Accipiter) of medium-sized short-winged long-legge 
   d hawks with low darting flight; broadly : a hawk (as of the family 
   Accipitridae, the accipiter family) of similar appearance or habit of 
   flight - ac.cip.i.trine ajor ;n