osprey

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osprey - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.] (Zool.)
     The fishhawk (Pandion haliaetus).
     [1913 Webster]

osprey - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  osprey
      n 1: large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and
           builds a bulky nest often occupied for years [syn:
           osprey, fish hawk, fish eagle, sea eagle, Pandion haliaetus
           ]

osprey - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  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.

osprey - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  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