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osprey in British English
(ˈɒsprɪ, -preɪ)
noun
1.
a large broad-winged fish-eating diurnal bird of prey, Pandion haliaetus, with a dark back and whitish head and underparts: family Pandioridae
Often called (US and Canadian): fish hawk2.
any of the feathers of various other birds, used esp as trimming for hats
Word origin
C15: from Old French ospres, apparently from Latin ossifraga, literally: bone-breaker, from os bone + frangere to breakosprey in American English
(ˈɑspri; ˈɑspreɪ)
nounWord forms: plural ˈospreys
a large, black-and-white diving bird of prey of a family (Pandionidae) having only one species (Pandion haliaetus): it feeds mainly on fish
Word origin
LME ospray, ult. < L ossifraga, osprey, lit., the bone-breaker < os, a bone (see ossify) + frangere, to breakImage ofosprey
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Examples of 'osprey' in a sentenceosprey
Word lists withosprey
prey- think aloud
- think back
- think better of
- think better of something
- thinker
- think fit
- thinking
- thinking cap
- thinkingly
- thinkingness
- thinking pattern
- thinking process
- thinking time
- think in terms of
- think less of
- think little of
- think more of
- think much of
- think much of or a lot of something or someone
- think nothing of
- think nothing of it
- think nothing of something
- think on (or upon)
- think on your feet
- think out