Meaning of azor

azor: It means that it grabs, it catches, It is a Latin vulgarism of Acceptor. It is one of the popular names of a bird of prey of daytime habits. It is also known as a hawk and in some cases as a dove. There are several species and all belong to the genus Accipiter and the family Accipitridae . Some species of medium-sized raptors of the genera Geranospiza and Lophotriorchis are also said to be azores. There are them in America, Asia and Europe. In Colombia there are at least 6 species called azor : azor de Cooper , tiny azor, bicolor azor, azor collarejo , mountainzor, junglezor. They live in wooded areas and can catch prey in flight.; 1o_ The commonzor (Accipiter gentilis ) is a bird of prey that inhabits the northern hemisphere and is used in falconry. 2o_ In Spain it is a very old way of calling a wall. It comes from Arabic 1575; 1604; 1587; 1608; 1585; (al-suur "the wall") that remained in the Hispanic Arab as assur.; AZOR: Formerly, wall, wall, tapia.; Azor:Ave acceptor.ave similar to the Falcon, the sparrowhawk. Diurnal Raptor of the order of the accipitriformes, of the family of the hawks.