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[syn: osprey, fish hawk, fish eagle, sea eagle, Pandion haliaetus]
The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]
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.
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Osprey, FL -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida
Population (2000): 4143
Housing Units (2000): 2267
Land area (2000): 5.455246 sq. miles (14.129021 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.611009 sq. miles (1.582507 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.066255 sq. miles (15.711528 sq. km)
FIPS code: 53425
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 27.193962 N, 82.486012 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 34229
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Osprey, FL
Osprey