os·prey /ˈɑspri, ˌpre/
白色的羽毛,魚鷹
Os·prey, Os·pray n. Zool. The fishhawk (Pandion haliaetus).
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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]
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.