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Definition: Accipiter |
AccipiterNoun1. Type genus of the family Accipitridae. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Accipiter \Ac*cip"i*ter\, noun; plural English Accipiters. Latin Accipitres. [Latin expression, hawk.]. (references) |
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The genus Accipiter is a group of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae.
These birds are slender with short broad rounded wings and a long tail which helps them maneuver in flight. They have long legs and long sharp talons used to kill their prey and a sharp hooked bill used in feeding. Females tend to be larger in size than males.
They often ambush their prey, capturing it after a short chase. They mainly eat small birds and mammals.
The typical flight pattern is a series of flaps followed by a short glide. They are commonly found in wooded or shrubby areas.
The full list of species is:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Accipiter."
Synonym: AccipiterSynonym: genus Accipiter (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Accipiter |
| English words defined with "Accipiter": Accipiters, Accipitres, accipitrine ♦ Falco rusticolus. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Accipiter": Astringer. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Accipiter" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (flying gurnard, hawk). |
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| "Accipiter" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Accipiter" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Unclassified Items | 75% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Adjective (comparative) | 25% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Accipiter": accipiter cooperii ♦ Accipiter fuscus ♦ accipiter gentilis ♦ Accipiter nisus ♦ Accipiter torquatus ♦ accipiter velox ♦ Accipiter velox or fuscus ♦ genus Accipiter. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
accipiter | 10 |
accipiter nisus | 4 |
accipiter badius | 3 |
accipiter gentilis | 3 |
accipiter imprint | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "Accipiter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 鷂 (Accipiter nisus, sparrow hawk). (various references) | |
French | AUTOUR tachiro (accipiter tachiro), AUTOUR NOIR (accipiter melanoleucus), accipiter tachiro (accipiter tachiro), accipiter minulus (accipiter minulus), accipiter melanoleucus (accipiter melanoleucus), petit épervier (accipiter minulus). (various references) | |
German | accipiter tachiro (accipiter tachiro, african goshawk), accipiter minulus (accipiter minulus, little sparrow hawk), accipiter melanoleucus (accipiter melanoleucus, great sparrow hawk), Zwergsperber (accipiter minulus, little sparrow hawk), Trauerhabicht (accipiter melanoleucus, great sparrow hawk), Tachirohabicht (accipiter tachiro, african goshawk). (various references) | |
Greek | γεράκι (falcon, hawk, kestrel). (various references) | |
Italian | falco (falcon, hawk). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | accipiteray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | accipiter tachiro (accipiter tachiro, african goshawk), accipiter minulus (accipiter minulus, little sparrow hawk), açor-africano (accipiter tachiro, african goshawk), gavião-pequeno (accipiter minulus, little sparrow hawk). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Job Chapter 39, Verse 26 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ek de thV shV episthmhV esthken ierax anapetasaV taV pterugaV akinhtoV kaqorwn ta proV noton |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Numquid per sapientiam tuam plumescit accipiter expandens alas suas ad austrum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Whether bi thi wisdam waxeth fetherid the goshauk, strecchende out his weengus to the south? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The bow is sounding against him; he sees the shining point of spear and arrow. |
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| Language | Job Chapter 39, Verse 26 |
| Albanian | Mos vallë për shkak të zgjuarsisë sate ngrihet e fluturon krahathati dhe i hap krahët e tij drejt jugut? |
| Cebuano | ¶ Maglupad ba ang banog tungod sa iyang kaalam, Ug magtuy-od sa iyang mga pako padulong sa habagatan? |
| Croatian | Zar po promislu tvojem lijeæe soko i prema jugu krila svoja širi? |
| Danish | Koggeret klirrer over den, Spydet og Køllen blinker; |
| Finnish | Sen yllä kalisee viini, välkähtää keihäs ja peitsi. |
| German | Fliegt der Habicht durch deinen Verstand und breitet seine Flügel gegen Mittag? |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Eske se ou ki moutre grigri jan pou l' vole lè li louvri zèl li yo vole ale nan sid? |
| Hungarian | Csörög rajta a tegez, ragyog a kopja és a dárda: |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Apakah burung elang kauajar terbang bila ia menuju ke selatan dengan sayap terkembang? |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Kelilingnya gemerencanglah tarkasy, mata tumbak dan pendahan. |
| Italian | Forse per il tuo senno si alza in volo lo sparviero e spiega le ali verso il sud? |
| Maori | ¶ He mohio nou i rere ai te kahu, i roha ai i ona parirau, i anga ai whaka te tonga? |
| Norwegian | Over den klirrer koggeret, blinkende spyd og lanse. |
| Portuguese | É pelo teu entendimento que se eleva o gavião, e estende as suas asas para o sul? |
| Rumanian | Oare prin priceperea ta kwi ia uliul sborul, wi kwi kntinde aripile spre miazqzi? |
| Russian | фЧПЕА МЙ НХ"ТПУФША МЕФБЕФ СУФТЕ' Й ОБ ТБЧМСЕФ ЛТЩМШС УЧПЙ ОБ ПМ"ЕОШ? |
| Swedish | Omkring honom ljuder ett rassel av koger, av ljungande spjut och lans. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Accipiter": accipiters. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Accipiter" (pronounced 'Ac*cip"i*ter'): Abutter, Acater, Accelerometer, Acetimeter, Acetometer, Acidimeter, Acoumeter, Acquitter, Acroter, Actinometer, Adelaster, Admitter, Adulter, Aerometer, Aflutter, Aglitter, Airometer, Alabaster, Albuminimeter, Alcalimeter, Aleurometer, Algometer, Alkalimeter, Allotter, Altimeter, Altometer, Ammeter, Amphiaster, Amylobacter, Amylometer, Anemometer, Anglemeter, Angulometer, Animater, Anthracometer, Antimeter, Antitrochanter, Apomecometer, Apporter, Araeometer, Archiater, Archpresbyter, Areometer, Arithmometer, Astrolater, Astrometer, Astrophotometer, Atmidometer, Atmometer, Atter. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-i-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: practice. | |
-2 letters: caprice, icteric, paretic, picrate, picrite, piratic, practic. | |
-3 letters: accept, acetic, arctic, capric, carpet, citric, cretic, critic, iatric, icecap, ipecac, pectic, picric, pirate, pitier, preact. | |
-4 letters: apter, areic, atrip, cacti, caper, caret, carpi, carte, cater, cerci, ceria, ceric, circa, citer, crape, crate, crept, cripe, epact, erica, icier, ictic, irate, pacer, pater, peart, pieta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-i-i-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: accipiters. | |
+2 letters: accipitrine, precritical. | |
+3 letters: accipitrines, epicuticular, perspicacity, precipitance, precipitancy. | |
+4 letters: ectoparasitic, hypercritical, impracticable, intraspecific, microparticle, precipitances, reciprocating, reciprocation, reciprocative, supercritical. | |
+5 letters: microparticles, overcapacities, pantisocracies, perspicacities, practicalities, precipitancies, reciprocations. | |
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