ossifrage
Meanings
noun
- Gypaetus barbatus, the bearded vulture, the diet of which is almost exclusively bone marrow.
- The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle.
- The osprey.
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Etymology
From Middle French ossifrage, from Latin ossifraga (“osprey”), ossifragus (“osprey”), from ossifragus (“bone breaking”).
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