circus cyaneus

1. 1.

   common harrier of North America and Europe; nests in marshes and open land

   Synonymsmarsh hawknorthern harrierhen harrier

   Broaderharrier

   Part ofCircus

Questions about circus cyaneus

What does circus cyaneus mean?

circus cyaneus means "common harrier of North America and Europe; nests in marshes and open land".

What is another word for circus cyaneus?

Close synonyms include marsh hawk, northern harrier, hen harrier. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is circus cyaneus a common word?

circus cyaneus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.