Ŏs'prāy or Ŏs'prey, n.

n. [Corrupted from ossifrage, q. v.; Fr. orfraie.] (Ornith.) A long-winged eagle (Pandion haliæëtus), of a yellow-brown, or brown color, above, and of a white color below; — called also bald buzzard, fishing-eagle, and fish-hawk. It lives on fish, which it takes by suddenly darting upon them when near the surface of the water.