Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Accipiter \Ac*cip"i*ter\, n.; pl. E. {Accipiters}. L.
   {Accipitres}. [L., hawk.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of rapacious birds; one of the
      Accipitres or Raptores.

   2. (Surg.) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the
      claw of a hawk.