Harrier

[har-ee-er] /ˈhær i ər/

noun
1.
a person who or thing that .
2.
any of several short-winged hawks of the genus Circus that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on reptiles and small birds and mammals.
3.
(initial capital letter) Military. a one- or two-seat British-American fighter, both an attack and a reconnaissance aircraft, featuring a turbofan engine with a directable thrust that enables it to land and take off vertically.
[har-ee-er] /ˈhær i ər/
noun
1.
one of a breed of medium-sized hounds, used, usually in packs, in hunting.
2.
a cross-country runner.
/ˈhærɪə/
noun
1.
a person or thing that harries
2.
any diurnal bird of prey of the genus Circus, having broad wings and long legs and tail and typically preying on small terrestrial animals: family Accipitridae (hawks, etc) See also marsh harrier, Montagu’s harrier
/ˈhærɪə/
noun
1.
a smallish breed of hound used originally for hare-hunting
2.
a cross-country runner
/ˈhærɪə/
noun
1.
a British subsonic multipurpose military jet plane capable of vertical takeoff and landing by means of vectoring the engine thrust
n.

1540s, from Middle English hayrer “small hunting dog” (c.1400), possibly from Middle French errier “wanderer” [Barnhart], or associated with hare, which they would have hunted. The hawk genus (1550s) is from harry (v.), which also is a candidate for the source of the dog name.