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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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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.
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Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
An osprey carrying a fish in its claws.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
The fleet has become a rich habitat for marine life, as well as seabirds such as ospreys.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
These World War I ships were deliberately burnt and sunk in the late 1920s, and have also become rich habitats for both marine and seabird life including ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) and Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus).
—New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2025
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Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
An osprey carrying a fish in its claws.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
The fleet has become a rich habitat for marine life, as well as seabirds such as ospreys.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
These World War I ships were deliberately burnt and sunk in the late 1920s, and have also become rich habitats for both marine and seabird life including ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) and Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus).
—New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Osprey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/osprey. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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