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noun

Harrier n.

One who harries.

(Zool.) One of several species of hawks or buzzards of the genus Circus which fly low and harry small animals or birds, as the European marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus), and the hen harrier (Circus cyaneus).

Harrier hawk (Zool.), one of several species of American hawks of the genus Micrastur.

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Etymology of 'Harrier'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Harrier" Quotes from Famous Books

... like Bigglebai?" (Already it was an insult along the River to compare a man to the shifty anthropophagous blue-mottled harrier.) ...

— Actions and Reactions • Rudyard Kipling

Words linked to "Harrier" : circus, hen harrier, assailant, hound, hawk, marsh hawk, genus Circus, Circus Aeruginosus, hound dog, assaulter, Circus pygargus, harrier eagle, northern harrier