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harfangs

harfangs is the plural of harfang.

Meaning of harfang

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

Questions about harfangs

What is harfangs the plural of?
Harfangs is the plural of harfang.

Words near harfangs in the dictionary

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

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