accipitridae
English Thesaurus
1. hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | bird family, |
| definition | : | a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | hawk, |
| definition | : | diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | buteo, genus buteo, |
| definition | : | broad-winged soaring hawks (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus pernis, pernis, |
| definition | : | a common European bird of prey; dull brown with white-streaked underparts (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | kite, |
| definition | : | any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus-milvus, milvus, |
| definition | : | a genus including the common European kits (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | elanus, genus elanus, |
| definition | : | a genus of small kites of both Old and New Worlds (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | circus, genus circus, |
| definition | : | a genus of haws comprising the harriers (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | bird of jove, eagle, |
| definition | : | any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | old world vulture, |
| definition | : | any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus gyps, gyps, |
| definition | : | a genus of Accipitridae (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus gypaetus, gypaetus, |
| definition | : | in some classifications the type genus of the family Aegypiidae (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | falconiformes, order falconiformes, |
| definition | : | chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures (noun.animal) |
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