Search Result for "pandion haliaetus":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years;
[syn: osprey, fish hawk, fish eagle, sea eagle, Pandion haliaetus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Osprey \Os"prey\, Ospray \Os"pray\, n. [Through OF. fr. L. ossifraga (orig., the bone breaker); prob. influenced by oripelargus (mountain stork, a kind of eagle, Gr. ?); cf. OF. orpres, and F. orfraie. See Ossifrage.] (Zool.) The fishhawk (Pandion haliaetus). [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fishhawk \Fish"hawk`\, n. (Zool.) The osprey (Pandion halia["e]tus), found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Pandion haliaetus n 1: large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years [syn: osprey, fish hawk, fish eagle, sea eagle, Pandion haliaetus]