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osprey |
4 definitions found 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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