genus accipiter

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   type genus of the family Accipitridae

   SynonymsAccipiter

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofAccipitridae

Questions about genus accipiter

What does genus accipiter mean?

genus accipiter means "type genus of the family Accipitridae".

What is another word for genus accipiter?

Close synonyms include Accipiter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus accipiter a common word?

genus accipiter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.