/os"euh frij/ , n.
1. the lammergeier.
2. Archaic. the osprey.
[ 1595-1605; ossifraga sea eagle, lit., bone-breaker (n. use of fem. of ossifragus bone-breaking), equiv. to ossi- (comb. form of os ) bone + frag-, var. s. of frangere to BREAK + -a nom. sing. fem. n. and adj. ending ]