hen harrier

noun British.

northern harrier.

Origin of hen harrier

First recorded in 1555–65

Words nearby hen harrier

hempstead, hempy, hemstitch, hen, hen fruit, hen harrier, hen hawk, hen night, hen of the woods, hen party, hen run

Example sentences from the Web for hen harrier

When out grouse shooting one day I saw a hen-harrier strike and kill a grouse just beyond gunshot.

Gairloch In North-West Ross-Shire |John H. Dixon, F.S.A. Scot
The one in question, Lucien said, was the “marsh-hawk,” sometimes also called the “hen-harrier” (Falco uliginosus).

The Young Voyageurs |Mayne Reid
The one in question, Lucien said, was the “marsh-hawk,” sometimes also called the “hen-harrier.”

Popular Adventure Tales |Mayne Reid
The hen-harrier breeds only in the Orkneys and the Outer Hebrides.

Birds in Flight |W. P. Pycraft

Ringteal or ringtail is the female of the Circus cyaneus or hen-harrier, another species of falcon.

Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 107, November 15, 1851 |Various

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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hen harrier

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British Dictionary definitions for hen harrier

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hen harrier

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Origin of hen harrier

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