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- osprey 1
plural ospreys
1
: a large fish-eating hawk (Pandion haliaetus) with long wings that is dark brown above and mostly pure white below
2
: a feather trimming used for millinery
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Also are the sights of ospreys and eagles.
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Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
The pelicans on the water, the diving cormorants and circling ospreys, the stalking great blue herons in the shallows — all are reminders of what’s at stake for Pitt and for the West.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
For someone like me who needs to nest like an osprey, moving from my home of eight years to nowhere feels like falling out of a plane with no parachute.
—Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
An osprey carrying a fish in its claws.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
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Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
The pelicans on the water, the diving cormorants and circling ospreys, the stalking great blue herons in the shallows — all are reminders of what’s at stake for Pitt and for the West.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
For someone like me who needs to nest like an osprey, moving from my home of eight years to nowhere feels like falling out of a plane with no parachute.
—Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
An osprey carrying a fish in its claws.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Osprey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/osprey. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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