noun
harrier eagles
• Syn: ↑genus Circaetus
• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Accipitridae, ↑family Accipitridae
• Member Meronyms: ↑harrier eagle, ↑short-toed eagle
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\(ˌ)sərˈkāəd.əs\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kirkos hawk + New Latin -aëtus; akin to Latin crocire to croak (as of a raven), Sanskrit kṛkara, a kind of partridge, Old English hringan to ring — more at ring
: a genus of large Old World hawks intermediate in characters between the eagles and the harriers
Useful english dictionary. 2012.