harfang

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harfang

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Borrowed from French harfang, itself borrowed from Swedish harfång.

noun 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; […]

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"harfang." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/harfang. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{harfang_2026,
  title = {harfang},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/harfang},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}