Hypertext Webster Gateway: "harrier"
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) 1.7 (wn)
harrier
n 1: a persistent attacker; "the harassers were not members of
the regular army" [syn: {harasser}]
2: a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to
hunt rabbits
3: hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small
terrestrial animals
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