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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Harrier \Har"ri*er\, n. [From {Hare}, n.] (Zo["o]l.) One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares. [Written also {harier}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Harrier \Har"ri*er\, n. [From {Harry}.] 1. One who harries. 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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 [ae]runginosus}), and the hen harrier ({C. cyaneus}). {Harrier hawk}(?), one of several species of American hawks of the genus {Micrastur}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: harrier n : hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals
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