osprey
鱼鹰,鹰隼,鹰嘴鱼,鹗
Definitions
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plural os·preys.
- : Also called fish hawk. a large hawk, Pandion haliaetus, that feeds on fish.
- : a plume for trimming hats.
Examples
The most recent Osprey crash occurred April 11 during an annual exercise in Morocco, killing two Marines.
Major Gruber was a helicopter pilot before he started training to fly the V-22 Osprey in 1997.
In that same year a devastating audio recording surfaced of the commanding officer of the Osprey squadron.
However, the Osprey continues today with a less-than-perfect record.
According to an NPR report, American Marines, using an Osprey aircraft, recovered one of the airmen.
Nor, in the rising flood of our affairs, Fish like an osprey for this eagle longer.But, soft!
I could only see the top of her head, but the hat was a very smart one, with a beautiful osprey in it.
Thus, the osprey, which feeds almost exclusively on fish, is merely a winter visitor to India.
Of the migratory birds of prey the kestrel is perhaps the first to arrive; the osprey and the peregrine falcon are among the last.
The osprey had already risen to a considerable height with his fish, and had started to fly off with it over the woods.