harrier

harrier

English

Etymology

harry +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæɹi.ə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -æɹiə(ɹ)

Noun

harrier (plural harriers)

1. One who harries.
2. 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.
3. A runner, specifically, a cross country runner.
4. A kind of dog used to hunt hares; a harehound.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• African marsh harrier, Circus ranivorus
• black marrier, Circus maurus
• cinereous marrier, Circus cinereus
• eastern marsh harrier, Circus spilonotus
• hen harrier, Circus cyaneus

• long-winged harrier, Circus buffoni
• Malagasy marsh harrier, Circus maillardi
• Montagu's harrier, Circus pygargus
• northern harrier, Circus hudsonius
• pallid harrier, Circus macrourus

• pied harrier, Circus melanoleucos
• spotted harrier, Circus assimilis
• swamp harrier, Circus approximans
• Western harsh Harrier, Circus aeruginosus

Translations

birds of prey

Bulgarian: ястреб блатар m (jastreb blatar) Buryat: хулда (xulda) Catalan: arpella (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 鷂 (zh), 鹞 (zh) (yào) Czech: moták Dutch: kiekendief (nl) m Finnish: suohaukka French: busard (fr) m Galician: aigote m, peneiriño m German: Weihe (de) f Gujarati: પટ્ટાઈ f (paṭṭāī) Irish: cromán m Italian: albanella (it) f

Latvian: lija Lithuanian: lingė (lt) Macedonian: еја f (éja) Maori: kāhu Navajo: chʼiltaatʼagii Persian: باز‎ (fa) (bâz), سنقر‎ (fa) (sonqor) Polish: błotniak (pl) m Portuguese: tartaranhão m Romanian: erete (ro) m Russian: лунь (ru) m (lunʹ) Serbo-Croatian: zečar (sh) Spanish: aguilucho (es) m Swedish: kärrhök (sv) c Ukrainian: лунь (uk) m (lunʹ)

A kind of dog used to hunt hares

Bulgarian: гонче n (gonče), зайчар m (zajčar)