fish hawk

See osprey.

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fish hawk

(Animals) another name for the osprey

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os•prey

(ˈɒs pri, -preɪ)

n., pl. -preys.

a large, nearly cosmopolitan bird of prey, Pandion haliaetus, that feeds on fish.

[1425–75; late Middle English ospray(e) « Latin ossifraga ossifrage; compare Middle French orfraie, offraie, Old French ospres]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

fish hawk - large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years

fish eagle, osprey, Pandion haliaetus, sea eagle

hawk - diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail

genus Pandion, Pandion - type genus of the Pandionidae

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As I sit at my window this summer afternoon, hawks are circling about my clearing; the tantivy of wild pigeons, flying by two and threes athwart my view, or perching restless on the white pine boughs behind my house, gives a voice to the air; a fish hawk dimples the glassy surface of the pond and brings up a fish; a mink steals out of the marsh before my door and seizes a frog by the shore; the sedge is bending under the weight of the reed-birds flitting hither and thither; and for the last half-hour I have heard the rattle of railroad cars, now dying away and then reviving like the beat of a partridge, conveying travellers from Boston to the country.

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