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accipitral, a.|ækˈsɪpɪtrəl|
[f. accipiter + -al1 as if ad. L. *accipitrālis.]
Of the nature of a falcon or hawk; rapacious; keen-sighted.
1841Carlyle Miscell. (1857) IV. 245 Of temper most accipitral. 1881Lowell in Harper's Mag. Jan. 271 That Hawthorne's eyes were sometimes accipitral we can readily believe. |