Search Result for "accipiter_gentilis":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry;
[syn: goshawk, Accipiter gentilis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

falcon-gentil \fal"con-gen`til\, falcon-gentle \falcon-gentle\, n. [F. faucon-gentil. See Falcon, and Genteel.] 1. (Zool.) any female falcon; especially [PJC] 2. (Zool.) a female peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus). Syn: falcon-gentil. [WordNet 1.5] 3. (Zool.) The female or young of the goshawk (Accipiter gentilis, formerly Astur palumbarius). [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Accipiter gentilis n 1: large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry [syn: goshawk, Accipiter gentilis]