Associations to the word «Accipitrine»

Wiktionary

ACCIPITRINE, noun. A hawk or a hawk like bird.
ACCIPITRINE, adjective. (ornithology) Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.

Dictionary definition

ACCIPITRINE, adjective. Of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks).

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras