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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 namesmarsh hawkmarsh harrier
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hen harrier1
First recorded in 1555–65
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Example Sentences
The hen-harrier breeds only in the Orkneys and the Outer Hebrides.
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She at length found her way to the dead hen harrier, as it lay on a slab of flagstone.
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The one in question, Lucien said, was the “marsh-hawk,” sometimes also called the “hen-harrier.”
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The species that we shall allude to here is the Hen Harrier.
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When out grouse shooting one day I saw a hen-harrier strike and kill a grouse just beyond gunshot.
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