montagu

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

Mon=ta=gu

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Noun montagu has 1 sense

montagu(n = noun.person) ashley montagu - United States anthropologist (born in England) who popularized anthropology (1905-);

is a kind of anthropologist

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harrier

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

har=ri=er

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Noun harrier has 3 senses

harrier(n = noun.person) harasser - a persistent attacker; "the harassers were not members of the regular army"

is a kind of aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker

Derived form verb harry₁

harrier(n = noun.animal) - a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits;

is a kind of

hound

hound dog

harrier(n = noun.animal) - hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals;

is a kind of

hawk

is a member of circus, genus circus

has particulars: circus aeruginosus, marsh harrier, circus pygargus, montagu's harrier, circus cyaneus, hen harrier, marsh hawk, northern harrier

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harrier, n. [From Hare, n.].

One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares. [1913 Webster]

harrier, n. [From Harry.].

One who harries. [1913 Webster]
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 æruginosus), and the hen harrier (Circus cyaneus). [1913 Webster]

Harrier hawk (Zoöl.), one of several species of American hawks of the genus Micrastur.

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harrier, n. a person who harries or lays waste.

harrier, n.
1 a a hound used for hunting hares. b (in pl.) a pack of these with huntsmen.
2 a group of cross-country runners.

harrier, n. any bird of prey of the genus Circus, with long wings for swooping over the ground.

Etymology

harrower f. harrow harry, rob, assim. to HARRIER(1)

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harrier

Animal

N animal, animal kingdom, fauna, brute creation, beast, brute, creature, critter, wight, created being, creeping thing, living thing, dumb animal, dumb creature, zoophyte, mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe, microbe, animalcule, alligator, crocodile, saurian, dinosaur (extinct), snake, serpent, viper, eft, asp, aspick, frog, toad, trout, bass, tuna, muskelunge, sailfish, sardine, mackerel, ant, mosquito, bee, honeybee, tardigrade, spider, biped, quadruped, webfoot, flocks and herds, live stock, domestic animals, wild animals, game, ferae naturae, beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea, black game, black grouse, blackcock, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe, horse, cattle, kine, ox, bull, bullock, cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn, sheep, lamb, lambkin, ewe, ram, tup, pig, swine, boar, hog, sow, steer, stot, tag, teg, bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat, dog, hound, pup, puppy, whelp, cur, mongrel, house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog, mastiff, blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound, harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever, Newfoundland, water dog, water spaniel, pug, poodle, turnspit, terrier, fox terrier, Skye terrier, Dandie Dinmont, collie, feline, puss, pussy, grimalkin, gib cat, tom cat, fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe, caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar, bird, poultry, fowl, cock, hen, chicken, chanticleer, partlet, rooster, dunghill cock, barn door fowl, feathered tribes, feathered songster, singing bird, dicky bird, canary, warbler, finch, aberdevine, cushat, cygnet, ringdove, siskin, swan, wood pigeon, vermin, varmint, pest, animal, zoological equine, bovine, vaccine, canine, feline, fishy, piscatory, piscatorial, molluscous, vermicular, gallinaceous, rasorial, solidungulate, soliped.