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fish eagle

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noun

  1. another name for the osprey

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A soapstone sculpture of a fish eagle is Zimbabwe's main national emblem.

From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2018

At midnight, the green, gold and black flag of Zimbabwe, with the African fish eagle, replaced the Union Flag.

From Forbes ● Apr. 2, 2015

Photo a shows a picture of the African fish eagle in flight, and photo b shows the bald eagle perched on a post.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

Fortunately, the ban applied only to the fish eagle, who carried Mwari’s messages.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The method of feathering is as follows: The quills of the wing feathers of a hornbill, or sometimes of a fish eagle, are parted down the middle.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by John M. Garvan

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