visarend

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch visarend (“osprey”). By surface analysis, vis +‎ arend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfəsˌɑː.rənt/

Noun

visarend (plural visarende)

1. fish eagle, especially the African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer).

Dutch

Pandion haliaetus

Etymology

From vis (“fish”) +‎ arend (“eagle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪsˌaː.rənt/

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• Hyphenation: vis‧arend

Noun

visarend m (plural visarenden, diminutive visarendje n)

1. The osprey, Pandion haliaetus

Descendants

• Afrikaans: visarend

Further reading

• visarend on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl