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Meaning of FISHHAWK

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Fish"hawk`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The osprey ({Pandion halia["e]tus}), found both in Europe and
America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and
seizes fishes in its talons. Called also {fishing eagle}, and
{bald buzzard}.
 
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