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commons|Pandion haliaetus
English
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Etymology
Late Middle English ospray from Latin ossifragus ("bone-breaker").
Pronunciation
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Noun
en-noun
- 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
Synonyms
fish eagle (a misnomer as the osprey is not an eagle, but compare some of the translations below)
fish hawk (a misnomer as the osprey is not a hawk)
orfray (obsolete, incorrect)
ossifrage (from Latin "bone-breaker")
osspringer (obsolete)
Translations
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Bosnian: kostolom m
Bulgarian: ��ел �иба�
Danish: fiskeørn c
Dutch: t+|nl|visarend|m
Esperanto: fi�aglo
Estonian: kalakotkas
Finnish: t-|fi|sääksi, t-|fi|kalasääski
French: aigle pêcheur
German: Fischadler m
Greek: t-|el|αλιάε�ο�|m|sc=Grek (aliáetos)
Hungarian: halászsas
Italian: t-|it|falco pescatore|m
Korean: 물�리 (mulsuri)
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Lithuanian: žuvininkas m
Low Saxon: Fischaadler m, Fischarend m
Norwegian: fiskeørn c
Polish: rybo�ów m
Portuguese: águia-pesqueira
Russian: �копа /skópa/ f
Slovenian: ribji orel
Spanish: t-|es|águila pescadora|f, t-|es|águila sangual|f, t-|es|gavilán pescador|m, t-|es|guincho|m
Swedish: fiskgjuse
Turkish: balık kartalı
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