osprey

Meaning

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.
• aigrette (ornamental feather)

Related

Similar words

• fish eagle (a misnomer as the osprey is not an eagle, but compare some of the translations below)
• fish hawk
• orfray
• ossifrage (from Latin "bone-breaker")
• osspringer

Origin

• From Late Middle English ospray, from Anglo-Norman ospriet, from Medieval Latin avis prede, a generic term apparently confused with this specific bird in Old French on its similarity to ossifrage.