ACCIPITRIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Accipitridae mean? 

• ACCIPITRIDAE (noun)
  The noun ACCIPITRIDAE has 1 sense:

1. hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles

  Familiarity information: ACCIPITRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCIPITRIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Accipitridae; family Accipitridae

Hypernyms ("Accipitridae" is a kind of...):

bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (members of "Accipitridae"):

Circus; genus Circus (a genus of haws comprising the harriers)

Aegypius; genus Aegypius; genus Neophron; Neophron (a genus of Accipitridae)

genus Gypaetus; Gypaetus (in some classifications the type genus of the family Aegypiidae)

genus Gyps; Gyps (a genus of Accipitridae)

Old World vulture (any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia)

genus Haliaeetus; Haliaeetus; Aquila; genus Aquila; genus Harpia; Harpia (a genus of Accipitridae)

bird of Jove; eagle (any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight)

Circaetus; genus Circaetus (harrier eagles)

Elanus; genus Elanus (a genus of small kites of both Old and New Worlds)

Elanoides; genus Elanoides (a genus of kites)

genus-Milvus; Milvus (a genus including the common European kits)

kite (any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals)

genus Pernis; Pernis (a common European bird of prey; dull brown with white-streaked underparts)

Buteo; genus Buteo (broad-winged soaring hawks)

Accipiter; genus Accipiter (type genus of the family Accipitridae)

hawk (diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail)

Holonyms ("Accipitridae" is a member of...):

Falconiformes; order Falconiformes (chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures)