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Noun: northern harrier
  1. Common harrier of North America and Europe; nests in marshes and open land
    "The northern harrier quartered back and forth across the grassland searching for voles";
    - marsh hawk, hen harrier, Circus cyaneus

Derived forms: northern harriers

Type of: harrier

Part of: Circus, genus Circus

Encyclopedia: Northern harrier