Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A South American genus of vulturine hawks, of the sub-family Polyborinæ, family Falconidæ, having the nostrils circular, the head partly denuded, the tail normal, and the coloration chiefly black.
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The fourth bird was a queer hawk of the genus ibycter, black, with a white belly, naked red cheeks and throat and red legs and feet.
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The fourth bird was a queer hawk of the genus ibycter, black, with a white belly, naked red cheeks and throat and red legs and feet.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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