noun
Old World harrier frequenting marshy regions
• Syn: ↑Circus Aeruginosus
• Hypernyms: ↑harrier
• Member Holonyms: ↑Circus, ↑genus Circus
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noun : a harrier (Circus aeruginosus) widely distributed in the Old World but now nearly exterminated in England
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marsh harrier,
1. a large reddish-brown harrier of the Old World that lives in marshes and feeds on small animals.
2. = marsh hawk. (Cf. ↑marsh hawk)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.