osprey

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English

An osprey in flight.

Etymology

From Late Middle English ospray from Latin ossifragus (“bone-breaker”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈɑspɹɪ/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈɒspɹeɪ/

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Noun

osprey (plural ospreys)

1. 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.
   • 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
2. aigrette (ornamental feather)

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

bird of prey

• Afrikaans: visvalk (af)
• Basque: arrano arrantzale (eu)
• Breton: erer-spluj (br) m
• Bulgarian: орел рибар (bg) (orel ribar)
• Catalan: àguila pescadora (ca) f
• Czech: orlovec říční (cs) m
• Danish: fiskeørn (da) c
• Dutch: visarend (nl) m
• Esperanto: fiŝaglo (eo)
• Estonian: kalakotkas (et)
• Faroese: fiskiørn (fo) f
• Finnish: sääksi (fi), kalasääski (fi)
• French: balbuzard (fr) m, balbuzard pêcheur (fr) m
• German: Fischadler (de) m
• Greek: αλιάετος (el) (aliáetos) m
• Hungarian: halászsas (hu)
• Icelandic: gjóður (is)
• Indonesian: elang tiram (id)
• Irish: coirneach (ga) m, iascaire coirneach (ga) m
• Italian: falco pescatore (it) m
• Japanese: 鶚 (ja) (misago)
• Jèrriais: orfinne f

• Korean: 물수리 (ko) (mulsuri)
• Latgalian: kirluons m
• Latvian: zivjērglis (lv)
• Lithuanian: žuvininkas (lt) m
• Low German: Fischaadler (nds) m, Fischarend (nds) m
• Manx: shawk eeastee (gv) m
• Navajo: táłkááʼ naalzheehí
• Norwegian: fiskeørn (no) c
• Polish: rybołów (pl) m
• Portuguese: águia-pesqueira (pt) f
• Romanian: vultur pescar (ro) m
• Russian: скопа (ru) (skopá) f
• Scots: fish hawk
• Scottish Gaelic: iolair-uisge (gd) f, iolair-iasgaich (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: kostolom (sh) m
• Slovene: ribji orel (sl)
• Spanish: águila pescadora (es) f, gavilán pescador (es) m, guincho (es) m
• Swedish: fiskgjuse (sv), benbrytare (sv) c, benbråkare (sv) c
• Turkish: balık kartalı (tr)
• Volapük: (male or female) melakvil (vo), (offspring, young) melakvilül (vo)
• Welsh: gwalch y pysgod (cy)