astur

noun

as·​tur

ˈastə(r)

1

capitalized : a genus consisting of the goshawks and sometimes considered a subgenus of Accipiter

2

plural -s : goshawk

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from astur, a hawk (probably a 16th century insertion in the manuscript of a Late Latin writer), probably from Romansh, hawk, from Latin accipiter

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