Definition of Ospriy
{ Os"prey, 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.] (Zoöl.) The fishhawk.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A bird of prey (Pandion haliaetus) that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions.
Quotations
*1594: I will provide thee of a princely osprey. — Peele, Battle of Alcazar
*c. 1612-13: But (oh Jove!) your actions, / Soon as they move, as ospreys do the fish, / Subdue before they touch. — Shakespeare, Fletcher, Two Noble Kinsmen
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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