Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Birds of prey; the accipitrine or raptorial birds regarded as an order, now more frequently named Raptores (which see).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) The order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.
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Postremò afferuntur aquilæ, struthiones, gryphandi, accipitres, et papingi, cum diuersis auibus et auiculis, nec non serpentes ac pisces, quorum portitores inclinant profundè, quoniam dicunt omnes terrenas creaturas debere adorationem
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Postrem� afferuntur aquil�, struthiones, gryphandi, accipitres, et papingi, cum diuersis auibus et auiculis, nec non serpentes ac pisces, quorum portitores inclinant profund�, quoniam dicunt omnes terrenas creaturas debere adorationem
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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-- Of the nocturnal accipitres the most remarkable is the brown owl, which, from its hideous yell, has acquired the name of the
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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-- Of the nocturnal accipitres the most remarkable is the brown owl, which, from its hideous yell, has acquired the name of the
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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Gignuntur in ea insula accipitres ita nigri, vt coruorum similitudinem mirum in modum exprimant, perdices autem et aquilæ sunt nigri coloris.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Postremò afferuntur aquilæ, struthiones, gryphandi, accipitres, et papingi, cum diuersis auibus et auiculis, nec non serpentes ac pisces, quorum portitores inclinant profundè, quoniam dicunt omnes terrenas creaturas debere adorationem Imperatori Grand Can filio Dei excelsi: et his perfectis,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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248 1 4-I04S I accipiter 3. 752 accipitres 4. 1003 1 5. 1078 accitat 5. 945 accumulabat 6. 1261 accumulantes 3.71 acer fplendor 4. 330. equus
T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex Titus Lucretius Carus , Thomas Creech , George Gordon Byron Byron 1770
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