Ospray

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

  Osprey \Os"prey\, Ospray \Os"pray\, n. [Through OF. fr. L.
     ossifraga (orig., the bone breaker); prob. influenced by
     oripelargus (mountain stork, a kind of eagle, Gr. ?); cf. OF.
     orpres, and F. orfraie. See {Ossifrage}.] (Zool.)
     The fishhawk ({Pandion haliaetus}).
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