accipitrine

1 This is the case among the accipitrine birds for example, and thereby it differs entirely from that of the owls, which develop neither pre-plumulae nor adult down.

2 He had a long, accipitrine nose which imbedded itself in his bristling white mustache, and he spoke in crisp staccato notes as though each intonation and breath were carefully measured by their monetary value.

3 They halted beneath a half-dead oak, hollow, and disfigured with white tumors, its roots spreading out like accipitrine claws grasping the ground.

4 Ah, for a heart less native to high Heaven, A hooded eye, for jesses and restraint, Or for a will accipitrine to pursue!

5 These hawks are accipiters: raptors evolved specifically to hunt in the woodland canopy.

6 All accipiters, including the sharp-shinned hawk, and its close relative the Cooper’s hawk, have distinctive flight patterns that are useful in identifying them, even at a distance.

1 鹰

accipitral aquiline eagle hawk accipiter

2 贪婪

accipitral avid greedy voracious sordid ravenous grasping rapacious covetous gluttonous lupine avaricious grabby wolfish swinish concupiscent hoggish gripple devouringly esurience esuriency gulosity greed avarice avidity cupidity rapacity voracity

3 鹰科

eagle hawk kite harrier buzzard griffon goshawk sparrowhawk buteo accipiter baza bateleur lammergeier shikra golden eagle bald eagle hawk eagle black kite harrier hawk red kite honey buzzard tawny eagle red tailed hawk hen harrier martial eagle sea eagle fish eagle marsh harrier chanting goshawk black vulture Egyptian vulture Harris' hawk Montagu's harrier

4 鹰的

accipitral aquiline

5 贪婪的

accipitral avid greedy voracious sordid ravenous grasping rapacious covetous gluttonous lupine avaricious grabby wolfish swinish concupiscent hoggish gripple

6 眼光敏锐的

accipitral judgematical judgmatic discern hawk eyed