Ac-cip'i-ter, n.

n. [Lat. accipiter, from accipere, to receive, take, seize. See ACCEPT.] 1. (Ornith.) One of an order of rapacious birds. The Accipiters have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly hooked talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls. Baird. 2. (Surg.) A bandage applied over the nose, so called from its likeness to the claw of a hawk. Dunglison.