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OSPREY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does osprey mean?
• OSPREY (noun)
The noun OSPREY has 1 sense:
1. large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years
Familiarity information: OSPREY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
fish eagle; fish hawk; osprey; Pandion haliaetus; sea eagle
Hypernyms ("osprey" is a kind of...):
hawk (diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail)
Holonyms ("osprey" is a member of...):
genus Pandion; Pandion (type genus of the Pandionidae)
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