accipitrine
/ækˈsɪpɪtraɪn/adjective
1- Ornithology of or relating to birds of a family that includes most diurnal birds of prey other than falcons, New World vultures, and the osprey【鸟】(与)鹰科禽鸟(有关)的。
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- Family Accipitridae; treated as a subfamily (Accipitrinae) in this sense when the osprey is included in this family.鹰科; 当鱼鹰包含在内时被作为亚科(鹰亚科)。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from French, from Latin accipiter 'bird of prey'.