Circaetus

noun

harrier eagles

• Syn: ↑genus Circaetus

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Accipitridae, ↑family Accipitridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑harrier eagle, ↑short-toed eagle

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\(ˌ)sərˈkāəd.əs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kirkos hawk + New Latin -aëtus; akin to Latin crocire to croak (as of a raven), Sanskrit kṛkara, a kind of partridge, Old English hringan to ring — more at ring

: a genus of large Old World hawks intermediate in characters between the eagles and the harriers