Fishhawk

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fishhawk \Fish"hawk`\, n. (Zool.)
     The osprey ({Pandion halia["e]tus}), found both in Europe and
     America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and
     seizes fishes in its talons. Called also {fishing eagle}, and
     {bald buzzard}.
     [1913 Webster]