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accipiter

[ ak-sip-i-ter ]

noun

  1. a hawk of the genus Accipiter, having short, rounded wings and a long tail and feeding chiefly on small mammals and birds.


accipiter

/ æˈɪɪə /

noun

  1. any hawk of the genus Accipiter, typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of accipiter1

1870–75; < New Latin, Latin: hawk
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of accipiter1

C19: New Latin, from Latin: hawk
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Gabe Hoffman, general partner at Accipiter Capital Management, a hedge fund that has shorted Tesla stock, said he was skeptical that the company would follow through.

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Gabe Hoffman, 41, a partner at Accipiter Capital, which has shorted Tesla, points to the ratio of how much cash Tesla has and could access quickly and how much it owes in the short term.

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Gabe Hoffman, a general partner at Accipiter Capital Management, told CNBC, “I’m adding to my short as we speak.”

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Of course, New Zealand was actually inhabited by a giant eagle as well as by a giant harrier, an Accipiter hawk and some owls, so there are good reasons for thinking that many or all of its birds actually evolved within the context of constant danger from predation.

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“By hawk,” said Stanley, “do you mean the ‘Tinnunculus alaudarius’ or the ‘Accipiter Nisus’?”

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