fish hawk

American  

noun

1. osprey.

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fish hawk British  

noun

1. another name for the osprey

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Etymology

Origin of fish hawk

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10

Example Sentences

Millions of Americans have never seen a fish hawk.

From Time Magazine Archive

It might be that a dolphin could swim faster than Lizzie through the water and a fish hawk dive faster through the air, but nothing alive could run across Malaga Island faster than Lizzie Griffin.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

The poor fish hawk, with a loud cry, timidly flies away.

From McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes

Nothing living was in sight, except a huge fish hawk that waited expectantly on a dead branch overhanging the water.

From Bert Wilson in the Rockies by Duffield, J. W.

With the picture still in their minds of a great fish hawk skimming through the air, as they had often seen him do at home, there now came a sound of whirring far above them.

From The Motor Maids Across the Continent by Stokes, Katherine