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Osprey

Osprey [EBD]

Heb. 'ozniyyah, an unclean bird according to the Mosaic law (Lev. 11:13; Deut. 14:12); the fish-eating eagle (Pandion haliaetus); one of the lesser eagles. But the Hebrew word may be taken to denote the short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus of Southern Europe), one of the most abundant of the eagle tribe found in Palestine.

Osprey [NAVE]

OSPREY, a carnivorous bird. Forbidden as food, Lev. 11:13; Deut. 14:12.

OSPREY [SMITH]

The Hebrew word occurs in (Leviticus 11:13) and Deuteronomy 14:12 So the name of some unclean bird. It?s probably either the osprey (Pandion haliaetus) or the white-tailed eagle (Haliaetus albicella).


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