OSPREY


Meaning of OSPREY in English

/os"pree/ , n. , pl. ospreys .

1. Also called fish hawk . a large hawk, Pandion haliaetus, that feeds on fish.

2. a plume for trimming hats.

[ 1425-75; late ME ospray ( e ) ossifraga OSSIFRAGE; cf. MF orfraie, offraie, OF ospres ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .