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MONTAGU'S HARRIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Montagu's harrier mean? 

MONTAGU'S HARRIER (noun)
  The noun MONTAGU'S HARRIER has 1 sense:

1. brownish European harrierplay

  Familiarity information: MONTAGU'S HARRIER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MONTAGU'S HARRIER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Brownish European harrier

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Circus pygargus; Montagu's harrier

Hypernyms ("Montagu's harrier" is a kind of...):

harrier (hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals)

Holonyms ("Montagu's harrier" is a member of...):

Circus; genus Circus (a genus of haws comprising the harriers)


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