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- noun Plural form of
accipitrid .
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Examples
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I am deliberately avoiding bringing in cuckoos and accipitrids (the latter noted by Olson as being possible allies of the turacos) in order to keep things simple-ish.
Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006
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I am deliberately avoiding bringing in cuckoos and accipitrids (the latter noted by Olson as being possible allies of the turacos) in order to keep things simple-ish.
Giant hoatzins of doom Darren Naish 2006
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Larger prey simply can't be enclosed by feet, so falcons and accipitrids use different strategies when their meals get bigger.
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These piercing anchors give them the ability to cope with the most powerful of struggling prey, and it's no coincidence that the accipitrids include the mightiest of the raptors.
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Larger prey simply can't be enclosed by feet, so falcons and accipitrids use different strategies when their meals get bigger.
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These piercing anchors give them the ability to cope with the most powerful of struggling prey, and it's no coincidence that the accipitrids include the mightiest of the raptors.
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Larger prey simply can't be enclosed by feet, so falcons and accipitrids use different strategies when their meals get bigger.
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These piercing anchors give them the ability to cope with the most powerful of struggling prey, and it's no coincidence that the accipitrids include the mightiest of the raptors.
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They describe how accipitrids, which include hawks and eagles, have two giant talons on their first and second toes [as in pictures A and B].
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