Sentence example with the word 'accipitrine'

accipitrine

Definition adj. of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter

Last update: September 27, 2015


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He was framed like a wrestler, abnormal width of shoulder and massive head giving an effect of weight which contrasted oddly with aquiline features in which was a touch of the accipitrine, something ironic and sinister, like a vulture.   [Please select]

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To those which I have already mentioned there may therefore be added, as of less frequency, the accipitrine bird, _Astur polionotus_, the Hoary-backed Goshawk; the Passeres _Edoliisoma dispar_, a Caterpillar Shrike, the skin of a male of which from Great Banda is in the Leyden Museum, and _Motacilla melanope_, the Grey Wagtail.   [Please select]

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