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noun, plural -preys.
1.
Also called fish hawk. a large hawk, Pandion haliaetus, that feeds on fish.
2.
a plume for trimming hats.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English ospray(e) ≪ Latin ossifraga ossifrage; compare Middle French orfraie, offraie, Old French ospres
1425–75; late Middle English ospray(e) ≪ Latin ossifraga ossifrage; compare Middle French orfraie, offraie, Old French ospres
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Word Origin & History
osprey
fishing hawk, c.1460, from Anglo-Fr. ospriet, from M.L. avis prede "bird of prey," from L. avis praedæ, a generic term apparently confused with this specific bird in O.Fr. on its similarity to ossifrage.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Osprey 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.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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