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Definition of Accipitrines
1. accipitrine [n] - See also: accipitrine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accipitrines
Literary usage of Accipitrines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1896)
"... contents and index, which will be issued with Part 25, otherwise devoted to
reptiles. Chapter XII, 'The Diurnal Birds of Prey, or accipitrines,—Order ..."
2. Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle by Charles Dessalines d' Orbigny (1845)
"I-'.n effet, si nous lions les Chouettes aux Rapaces diurnes par les Chouettes
accipitrines ..."
3. The World a Workshop: Or, The Physical Relationship of Man to the Earth by Thomas Ewbank (1835)
"The swallow tribes course insects through the atmosphere ; the accipitrines soar
over all, prey upon all, and act as scavengers ..."
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