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osprey

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os=prey

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun osprey has 1 sense

osprey(n = noun.animal) fish eagle, fish hawk, pandion haliaetus, sea eagle - large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years; Array

is a kind of hawk

is a member of genus pandion, pandion

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CIDE DICTIONARY

osprey, n. [Through OF. fr. L. ossifraga (orig., the bone breaker); prob. influenced by oripelargus (mountain stork, a kind of eagle, Gr. ); cf. OF. orpres, and F. orfraie. See Ossifrage.].

The fishhawk (Pandion haliaetus). [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

osprey, n. (pl. -eys)
1 a large bird of prey, Pandion haliaetus, with a brown back and white markings, feeding on fish. Also called fish-hawk.
2 a plume on a woman's hat.

Etymology

ME f. OF ospres app. ult. f. L ossifraga osprey f. os bone + frangere break

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