Meaning of OSPREY
| Pronunciation: | | 'âsprey
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| | Definition: | | [n] large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years |
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| | Synonyms: | | fish eagle, fish hawk, Pandion haliaetus, sea eagle |
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| | See Also: | | genus Pandion, hawk, Pandion | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | 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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