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A bird of prey (Pandion haliaetus) that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions

c. 1612-13: But (oh Jove!) your actions, / Soon as they move, as ospreys do the fish, / Subdue before they touch. — Shakespeare, Fletcher, Two Noble Kinsmen.

{i} type of large hawk that preys on fish and has a white head and a dark strip around the eyes, fish hawk
The fishhawk
a type of large bird that kills and eats fish (Probably from an unrecorded osfraie, from Latin ossifraga , from os + frangere ). or fish hawk Species (Pandion haliaetus) of long-winged hawk found along seacoasts and large interior waterways. Ospreys are about 26 in. (65 cm) long and brown above and white below, with some white on the head. An osprey flies over the water, hovers above its prey, and then plunges feet first, seizing the fish in its long, curved talons. Ospreys breed on all continents except South America, where they live only in winter. They usually nest, singly or in colonies, high in trees or on cliffs. Bioaccumulation of pesticides caused populations to dwindle in the 20th century, but they are now recovering
large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years

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