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Definitions of osprey in various dictionaries:
noun - large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years
A fish-eating hawk (Pandion haliaetus) having plumage that is dark on the back and white below.
A plume formerly used to trim women’s hats.
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Fish hawk |
Ocean diver |
Diving fisher |
Fish-eating hawk |
Sea bird |
Chesapeake Bay nester |
Coastal raptor |
Hawk |
Large hawk |
Fish-eating bird |
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Also called the fish hawk, it hovers over water & dives to seize its prey |
This fish-eating bird of prey is also known as the fish hawk |
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a large fish-eating bird of prey with long, narrow wings and a white underside and crown, found throughout the world. |
large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years |
a large bird of prey that eats fish |
A fish-eating hawk (Pandion haliaetus) having plumage that is dark on the back and white below. Also called fish hawk. |
A plume formerly used to trim women's hats. |
Osprey description |
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The osprey or more specifically the western osprey (Pandion haliaetus) also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor, reaching more than 60 cm (24 in) in length and 180 cm (71 in) across the wings. It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly greyish on the head and underparts. * The osprey tolerates a wide variety of habitats, nesting in any location near a body of water providing an adequate food supply. It is found on all continents except Antarctica, although in South America it occurs only as a non-breeding migrant. * As its other common names suggest, the osprey's diet consists almost exclusively of fish. It possesses specialised physical characteristics and exhibits unique behaviour to assist in hunting and catching prey. As a result of these unique characteristics, it has been given its own taxonomic genus, Pandion and family, Pandionidae. Three subspecies are usually recognized; one of th |