Ŏs'si-frage, n.

noun

n. [Lat. ossifraga, ossifragus, from ossifragus, bone-breaking, from os, ossis, a bone, and frangere, fractum, to break; It. ossifrago, ossifraga, Sp. osifraga, Fr. orfraie. Cf. OSPRAY.] (Ornith.) The young of the sea-eagle or bald eagle; — formerly so called.

☞ In Lev. xi. 13 it denotes a different bird, supposed to be the lammergeir.

An illustrated bird of prey stands upright, with dark wings and a pale breast. — Ossifrage (*Haliaeetus albi-cilla*).