HARRIER


Meaning of HARRIER in English

n.

Function: noun

Etymology: alteration of harrower, from 1 harrow

Date: 1556

: any of a genus ( Circus ) of slender hawks having long angled wings and long legs and feeding chiefly on small mammals, reptiles, and insects

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