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Webster 1913 Edition
Harrier
Har′ri-er
(-ẽr)
, Noun.
[From ]
Hare
, Noun.
(Zool.)
One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares.
[Written also
harier
.] 1.
One who harries.
2.
(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
.Webster 1828 Edition
Harrier
HAR'RIER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
harrier
harrier
English
Noun
harrier (plural harriers)
- One who harries.
- Any of several birds of prey in the genus Circus of the subfamily Circinae which fly low over meadows and marshes and hunt small mammals or birds.
- A runner, specifically, a cross country runner.
- A kind of dog used to hunt hares; a harehound.
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Translations
birds of prey