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

Flying westward, but still some distance away, came what resembled at first a gigantic bird with wings outspread, soaring even as the fish hawk soars, as he skims through the air.

From The Motor Maids Across the Continent by Stokes, Katherine

To Katsi he said: “You will be a fish hawk, catch fish and eat them, live along rivers.”

From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Curtin, Jeremiah

Swiftly she mentally selected the spot where she would land, and then down shot the Golden Butterfly like a pouncing fish hawk.

From The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly by Burnham, Margaret