harfang

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French harfang, itself borrowed from Swedish harfång.

Noun

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harfang (plural harfangs)

  1. (obsolete) snowy owl
    • 1875, Édouard Amand Isidore Hippolyte Lartet, Henry Christy, Thomas Rupert Jones, Reliquiæ Aquitanicæ, page 247:
      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; []

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Swedish harfång.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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harfang m (plural harfangs)

  1. snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus)
    Synonym: harfang des neiges

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