ossifrage

[ os-uh-frij ]

noun

1. the lammergeier.
2. Archaic. the osprey.

ossifrage

/ -ˌfreɪdʒ; ˈɒsɪfrɪdʒ /

noun

1. an archaic name for lammergeier osprey

Word History and Origins

Origin of ossifrage¹

1595–1605; < Latin ossifraga sea eagle, literally, bone-breaker (noun use of feminine of ossifragus bone-breaking), equivalent to ossi- (combining form of os ) bone + frag-, variant stem of frangere to break + -a nominative singular feminine noun and adj. ending

Word History and Origins

Origin of ossifrage¹

C17: from Latin ossifraga sea eagle; see osprey

Example Sentences

These are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray.

From Project Gutenberg

These are they of which ye shall not eat; the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey.

From Project Gutenberg

The word is said to be a corruption of Ossifrage, the "bone-breaker."

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