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- noun Plural form of
accipiter .
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Examples
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Of course with them comes the attending accipiters, Coopers and Sharp-shinned, following their moving feast.
Migration Meme 2006
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Some hawks (the small accipiters come to mind) are very much 'hardwired' and capable as hunters, yet for a considerable period of time (until about October of the their first year) they are extremely tame and manageable.
Early Falconry 2005
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Some hawks (the small accipiters come to mind) are very much 'hardwired' and capable as hunters, yet for a considerable period of time (until about October of the their first year) they are extremely tame and manageable.
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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And like the accipiters, when the one-horn took shelter in a clump of brush, Keman went right in after it, hunger making him blind to everything but his quarry, even to the possibility of damage to his wings.
The Elvenbane Lackey, Mercedes 1991
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