5 definitions found 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}). [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: osprey n : large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years [syn: {fish hawk}, {fish eagle}, {sea eagle}, {Pandion haliaetus}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Osprey Heb. 'ozniyyah, an unclean bird according to the Mosaic law (Lev. 11:13; Deut. 14:12); the fish-eating eagle (Pandion haliaetus); one of the lesser eagles. But the Hebrew word may be taken to denote the short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus of Southern Europe), one of the most abundant of the eagle tribe found in Palestine. From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Osprey, FL (CDP, FIPS 53425) Location: 27.19150 N, 82.49076 W Population (1990): 2597 (1517 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 34229 From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]: Osprey, FL -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida Population (2000): 4143 Housing Units (2000): 2267 Land area (2000): 5.455246 sq. miles (14.129021 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.611009 sq. miles (1.582507 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.066255 sq. miles (15.711528 sq. km) FIPS code: 53425 Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12 Location: 27.193962 N, 82.486012 W ZIP Codes (1990): 34229 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Osprey, FL Osprey
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