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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Osprey \Os"prey\, Ospray \Os"pray\, 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}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The fishhawk.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
osprey
n : large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and
builds a bulky nest often occupied for years [syn: {fish
hawk}, {fish eagle}, {sea eagle}, {Pandion haliaetus}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Osprey, FL (CDP, FIPS 53425)
Location: 27.19150 N, 82.49076 W
Population (1990): 2597 (1517 housing units)
Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 34229
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Osprey
Heb. 'ozniyyah, an unclean bird according to the Mosaic law
(Lev. 11:13; Deut. 14:12); the fish-eating eagle (Pandion
haliaetus); one of the lesser eagles. But the Hebrew word may be
taken to denote the short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus of
Southern Europe), one of the most abundant of the eagle tribe
found in Palestine.
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