OSSIFRAGE

Etymology

Noun

ossifrage (plural ossifrages)

(archaic) Gypaetus barbatus, the diet of which is almost exclusively bone marrow.

(obsolete) The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle.

(British) The osprey.

Source: Wiktionary


Os"si*frage, n. Etym: [L. ossifraga, ossifragus, osprey, fr. ossifragus bone breaking; os, ossis, a bone + frangere, fractum, to break. See Osseous, Break, and cf. Osprey, Ossifragous.] (Zoöl.) (a) The lammergeir. (b) The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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