osprey

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
osprey
    n 1: large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and
         builds a bulky nest often occupied for years [syn:
         {osprey}, {fish hawk}, {fish eagle}, {sea eagle}, {Pandion
         haliaetus}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Osprey \Os"prey\, Ospray \Os"pray\, n. [Through OF. fr. L.
   ossifraga (orig., the bone breaker); prob. influenced by
   oripelargus (mountain stork, a kind of eagle, Gr. ?); cf. OF.
   orpres, and F. orfraie. See {Ossifrage}.] (Zool.)
   The fishhawk ({Pandion haliaetus}).
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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.
    
from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Osprey, FL (CDP, FIPS 53425)
  Location: 27.19150 N, 82.49076 W
  Population (1990): 2597 (1517 housing units)
  Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 34229
    
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Osprey, FL -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida
   Population (2000):    4143
   Housing Units (2000): 2267
   Land area (2000):     5.455246 sq. miles (14.129021 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.611009 sq. miles (1.582507 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    6.066255 sq. miles (15.711528 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            53425
   Located within:       Florida (FL), FIPS 12
   Location:             27.193962 N, 82.486012 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     34229
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Osprey, FL
    Osprey
    

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