noun
hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles
• Syn: ↑family Accipitridae
• Hypernyms: ↑bird family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Falconiformes, ↑order Falconiformes
• Member Meronyms:
↑hawk, ↑Accipiter, ↑genus Accipiter, ↑Buteo, ↑genus Buteo, ↑Pernis, ↑genus Pernis, ↑kite, ↑Milvus, ↑genus-Milvus, ↑Elanoides, ↑genus Elanoides, ↑Elanus, ↑genus Elanus, ↑Circus, ↑genus Circus, ↑Circaetus, ↑genus Circaetus, ↑eagle, ↑bird of Jove, ↑Harpia, ↑genus Harpia, ↑Aquila, ↑genus Aquila, ↑Haliaeetus, ↑genus Haliaeetus, ↑Old World vulture, ↑Gyps, ↑genus Gyps, ↑Gypaetus, ↑genus Gypaetus, ↑Neophron, ↑genus Neophron, ↑Aegypius, ↑genus Aegypius
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\\ˌaksəˈpi.trəˌdē, ÷ˌasə-\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a large family (order Falconiformes) of carnivorous birds having comparatively rounded wings, long legs, and an unnotched bill and including the typical hawks and goshawks, the kites, and usually the eagles — compare falconidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.