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osprey (n.)
fishing hawk, mid-15c., from Anglo-French
ospriet
, from Medieval Latin
avis prede
"bird of prey," from Latin
avis praedæ
, a generic term apparently confused with this specific bird in Old French on its similarity to
ossifrage
.
