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Osprey or Osʹpray (a corruption of Latin ossifragus, the bone-breaker)

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The fish-eagle, or fishing hawk (Pandion haliaëtus).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Ortus
Ortwine
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Os Sacrum
Osbaldistone
Oseway (Dame)
Osiris (in Egyptian mythology)
Osmand
Osnaburg
Osprey or Ospray (a corruption of Latin ossifragus, the bone-breaker)
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Osseo
Ossian
Ostend Manifesto
Oster-Monath
Ostler
Ostracism
Ostrich
Ostrich Brains
Ostrich Eggs in Churches