Osprey

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