the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The osprey (Pandion haliaƫtus), 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.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The American name of Pandion haliaƫtus, the osprey, bald buzzard, or fishing-eagle. See osprey.
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n. large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years
Word Usage
"It was a swishing, swooping, swoshing noise, and who should fly down out of the sky but that good, kind fishhawk, who once carried Billie and"