[a. L. accipiter, f. accipĕre to take to oneself: see ACCEPT.]
1. Zool. A bird of prey, a member of the order Accipitres, or Raptores, including the eagles, falcons, etc.
1874. Wood, Nat. Hist., 275. The genus Accipiter finds representatives in every quarter of the globe.
2. Surg. ‘A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.’ Syd. Soc. Lex.
