hen harrier

Word Origin

noun, British.

northern harrier.

Origin of hen harrier

1555-1565

First recorded in 1555-65

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The species that we shall allude to here is the hen harrier.

Among the Birds in Northern Shires Charles Dixon
As for the hen harrier, I don't doubt that what she said was quite true.

The Pilots of Pomona
Robert Leighton

British Dictionary definitions for hen harrier

hen harrier

noun

a common harrier, Circus cyaneus, that flies over fields and marshes and nests in marshes and open land US and Canadian names marsh hawk, marsh harrier

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