harriers in English

noun
1
a person who engages in persistent attacks on others or incursions into their land.
The harried becomes the harrier , and what starts as a friendly disagreement can turn into a struggle for life and death.
2
a hound of a breed used for hunting hares.
The hare would be given a head start and lay a trail with shreds of paper, to be chased by the hounds or harriers .
3
a long-winged, slender-bodied bird of prey with low quartering flight.
Hawks, harriers , falcons, eagles, and vultures are diurnal migrants.
noun
    harasser

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1. New Marske Harriers have a new quadruple world record holder.

2. Northern harriers are likely to Bioaccumulate less DDE than ospreys

3. The ubiquitous Penny combination led Cambridge Harriers to victory in both team races.

4. Elswick Harriers are led by former Olympic 000 metres silver medallist Mike McLeod.

5. Enemies include SAMs, Harriers, Shenyang F-7s, Mirage 2000s and other MiG-29s.

6. Marsh harriers pass through and have recently bred, and even a passing osprey is a possibility.

7. Larger species usually lay clutches of one to two eggs, where as smaller Accipiters and harriers normally lay clutches of five to six eggs

8. On the nearby marsh, where salt and fresh water channels mix, terns, avocets and marsh harriers are Buoyed by mid-flight coastal breezes, to the delight of wildlife watchers.

9. Despite impressions of class and elegance, Avocets display a feistier side during the nesting season, with adults shrieking and dive-bombing passing crows or harriers, or mobbing fellow wading oystercatchers and redshanks.

10. At the age of 14 in 1895, as a member of the local harriers, he started work in his bedroom above his father's sweet shop in Bolton, and designed some of the earliest spiked running shoes.

11. Secondary lead shot poisoning has now been documented in many locations in Europe and North America in various raptorial species, including Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles Aquila chrysaetos, Northern Goshawks Accipiter g. gentilis, European Sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus, Marsh Harriers Circus aeruginosus, Red-tailed Hawks Buteo jamaicensis, and Rough-legged Hawks Buteo lagopus (USFWS 1986; Pain and Amiard-Triquet 1993; Pain et al.

12. Predators of prairie dogs include badgers (Taxidea taxus), black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes;), bobcats (Lynx rufus), coyotes (Canis latrans;), long-tailed weasels (Mustela frenata), red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), bull snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus), prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis), Cooper’s hawks (Accipiter cooperii), ferruginous hawks (Buteo regalis), golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos), northern harriers (Circus cyaneus), peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus), prairie falcons (Falco mexicanus), redtailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis), and Swainson’s hawks (Buteo swainsoni; Sperry 1934, Olendorf 1976, Hoogland 1981, Hoogland 1982b, Powell 1982, Halpin 1983, Campbell et al. 1987, Hoogland 1995).