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harfang

harfang noun: snowy owl.

Noun

harfang (plural harfangs)

  1. (obsolete) snowy owl
    • At La Madelaine, also, it was the leavings of the meals that brought about the accumulation of bird-bones; but, together with numerous Tetraones and Cocks, we find the remains of several Harfangs. […] It seems […] that the men of the Lherm Cave ate this Owl; […]1875, Édouard Amand Isidore Hippolyte Lartet, Henry Christy, Thomas Rupert Jones, Reliquiæ Aquitanicæ, page 247

Forms of harfang

pluralharfangs

Origin of harfang

Borrowed from French harfang, itself borrowed from Swedish harfång.

Questions about harfang

What does harfang mean?
Harfang means snowy owl.
What part of speech is harfang?
Harfang is a noun.
What is the plural of harfang?
The plural of harfang is harfangs.

Words near harfang in the dictionary

  1. harewood
  2. Harewoods
  3. Harezm
  4. Harezmian
  5. Harezmians
  6. harfang
  7. harfangs
  8. Harford
  9. Harford County
  10. Harfords
  11. Hargan

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