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‖ harfang|ˈhɑːfæŋ|
Also harphang.
[a. F. harfang (1760 in Hatz.-Darm.), a. Sw. harfång the snowy owl, f. har(e hare + fånga to catch.]
The Great Snowy Owl.
1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) II. ii. vii. 55 The Harfang, or Great Hudson's Bay Owl of Edwards..the largest of all the nocturnal tribe. 1847Carpenter Zool. §382 The Harfang or Great Snowy Owl..is found in very high northern latitudes, of both the Old and New World. 1884N.Y. Herald 27 Oct. 5/2 It was I who killed the harphang. |