fishing eagle n 1: of southeast Europe and central Asia [syn: {fishing eagle}, {Haliaeetus leucorhyphus}]
Fishhawk \Fish"hawk`\, n. (Zool.) The osprey ({Pandion halia["e]tus}), found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also {fishing eagle}, and {bald buzzard}. [1913 Webster]