The Definition of the word Osprey
Osprey
Heb. `ozniyyah, an unclean bird according to the Mosaic law (Lev. 11:13; Deut. 14:12); the fish-eating eagle (Pandion haliaetus); one of the lesser eagles. But the Hebrew word may be taken to denote the short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus of "Southern Europe), one of the most abundant of the eagle tribe" found in Palestine.
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