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Look up: osprey

  1. Osprey
    The USS Osprey is an American Osprey Class mine hunter. The Osprey Class ships are the world's largest glass reinforced plastic (GRP) ships and are the first United States Navy ships designed solely for mine hunting. The technique used to locate mines is by high definition sonar and the mines are ne...
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  2. osprey
    [n] - large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years
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  3. Osprey
    Series of tilt-rotor aircraft, Bell/Boeing-Vertol, 1983 [USA]
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  4. osprey
    fish hawk noun large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years
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  5. Osprey
    • (n.) Alt. of Ospray
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  6. osprey
    large, long-winged hawk, about 65 cm (26 inches) long, that lives along seacoasts and larger interior waterways, where it catches fish. It is brown ... [3 related articles]
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  7. Osprey
    bogied flat wagon for carrying track panels, code YKA, a modified version of a Salmon.
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  8. Osprey
    Osprey is a cultivated variety of potato.
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  9. osprey
    osprey (os'prē) , common name for a bird of prey related to the hawk and the New World vulture and found near water in most parts of the world. The American osprey, or fish hawk, Pandion haliaetus, has white underparts and a wingspread of 5 to 6 ft (152 to 183 cm). It feeds solely on live ...
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  10. Osprey
    The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), also known as the fish hawk, is a large hawk and only member of the family Pandionidae. Unlike those of the other raptors, the anterior and hind toes are the same length, the outer toe being reversible like that of an owl, which is of great advantage in grasping prey....
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  11. osprey
    Bird of prey, sometimes called `fish hawk` because it plunges feet first into the water to catch fish. It is dark brown above and a striking white below, and measures 60 cm/2 ft with a 2 m/6 ft wingspan. The nest is often built in trees near the seashore or lakeside, and two or three white eggs, blotched with crimson, are laid. Os...
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  12. Osprey
    The genus, Pandion, is the sole member of the family of Pandionidae, and contains the sole species Osprey (P. haliaetus). The genus Pandion was described by the French zoologist Marie Jules César Savigny in 1809, and is taken from a mythical Greek king, Pandion.<ref name= ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osprey

  13. Osprey
    (disambiguation) The `Osprey` (Pandion haliaetus) is a medium-large fish-eating bird of prey. `Osprey` may also refer to: Businesses: Places: Sports: Technology: Aircraft: Ships: Transportation: Video games:
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