The osprey and the sea mew, fly down to catch fish, but the Heron catches them while standing on the banks. The bittern puts its bill into the water and bellows like an ox. The water wagtail wags its tail.
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Osprey
//ˈɑspɹi//
Synonyms for "osprey" (15 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (5)
Related words (7)
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5 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
2 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
91 translations across 68 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- visarend noun (bird of prey)
- visvalk noun (bird of prey)
Albanian
3 entries- petrit peshkngrënës noun (bird of prey)
- shqipe e zezë noun (bird of prey)
- shqiponjë peshkngrënëse noun (bird of prey)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἁλιάετος noun (bird of prey)
Arabic
2 entries- عُقَاب نُسَارِيَّة noun (bird of prey)
- عُقَاب نُسَارِيّ noun (bird of prey)
Bashkir
1 entries- кәлмәргән noun (bird of prey)
Basque
1 entries- arrano arrantzale noun (bird of prey)
Breton
1 entries- erer-spluj noun (bird of prey)
Bulgarian
1 entries- орел рибар noun (bird of prey)
Catalan
1 entries- àguila pescadora noun (bird of prey)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 魚鷹 /鱼鹰 noun (bird of prey)
- 鶚 /鹗 noun (bird of prey)
Cree
1 entries- ᐊᐱᐢᑿᕀ noun (bird of prey)
Czech
1 entries- orlovec noun (bird of prey)
Danish
1 entries- fiskeørn noun (bird of prey)
Dutch
1 entries- visarend noun (bird of prey)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- сака noun (bird of prey)
Esperanto
1 entries- fiŝaglo noun (bird of prey)
Estonian
1 entries- kalakotkas noun (bird of prey)
Faroese
1 entries- fiskiørn noun (bird of prey)
Finnish
2 entries- kalasääski noun (bird of prey)
- sääksi noun (bird of prey)
French
3 entries- balbuzard noun (bird of prey)
- balbuzard pêcheur noun (bird of prey)
- orfraie noun (bird of prey)
Georgian
1 entries- შაკი noun (bird of prey)
German
1 entries- Fischadler noun (bird of prey)
Greek
1 entries- αλιάετος noun (bird of prey)
Hebrew
1 entries- שָׁלָךְ noun (bird of prey)
Hungarian
1 entries- halászsas noun (bird of prey)
Icelandic
1 entries- gjóður noun (bird of prey)
Indonesian
1 entries- elang tiram noun (bird of prey)
Irish
2 entries- coirneach noun (bird of prey)
- iascaire coirneach noun (bird of prey)
Italian
2 entries- aquilastro noun (bird of prey)
- falco pescatore noun (bird of prey)
Japanese
1 entries- 鶚 noun (bird of prey)
Klamath-Modoc
1 entries- dokdokw'as noun (bird of prey)
Komi-Zyrian
2 entries- скӧпун noun (bird of prey)
- чери варыш noun (bird of prey)
Korean
1 entries- 물수리 noun (bird of prey)
Latgalian
1 entries- kirluons noun (bird of prey)
Latin
2 entries- haliaeetus noun (bird of prey)
- ossifragus noun (bird of prey)
Latvian
1 entries- zivjērglis noun (bird of prey)
Lithuanian
1 entries- žuvininkas noun (bird of prey)
Low German
2 entries- Fischaadler noun (bird of prey)
- Fischarend noun (bird of prey)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- rybjecy hodlaŕ noun (bird of prey)
Lushootseed
1 entries- c̓ixʷc̓ixʷ noun (bird of prey)
Manx
1 entries- shawk eeastee noun (bird of prey)
Navajo
1 entries- táłkááʼ naalzheehí noun (bird of prey)
Negidal
1 entries- оломо̄н noun (bird of prey)
Norman
1 entries- orfinne noun (bird of prey)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fiskeørn noun (bird of prey)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fiskeørn noun (bird of prey)
Old English
1 entries- herefong noun (bird of prey)
Polish
2 entries- rybołów noun (bird of prey)
- rybołów zwyczajny noun (bird of prey)
Portuguese
1 entries- águia-pesqueira noun (bird of prey)
Romanian
2 entries- uligan pescar noun (bird of prey)
- vultur-pescar noun (bird of prey)
Russian
1 entries- скопа́ noun (bird of prey)
Scots
1 entries- fish hawk noun (bird of prey)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- iolair-iasgaich noun (bird of prey)
- iolair-uisge noun (bird of prey)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- orao ribar noun (bird of prey)
- орао рибар noun (bird of prey)
Slovak
3 entries- kršiak rybožravý noun (bird of prey)
- kršiak rybár noun (bird of prey)
- orliak riečny noun (bird of prey)
Slovene
1 entries- ribji orel noun (bird of prey)
Spanish
4 entries- gavilán pescador noun (bird of prey)
- guincho noun (bird of prey)
- halieto noun (bird of prey)
- águila pescadora noun (bird of prey)
Swahili
1 entries- kipungu noun (bird of prey)
Swedish
1 entries- fiskgjuse noun (bird of prey)
Telugu
1 entries- కురరము noun (bird of prey)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kurār-lūwo noun (bird of prey)
Turkish
1 entries- balık kartalı noun (bird of prey)
Udmurt
1 entries- чорыгасьдушес noun (bird of prey)
Vietnamese
2 entries- ó cá noun (bird of prey)
- ưng biển noun (bird of prey)
Volapük
1 entries- melakvil noun (bird of prey)
Welsh
1 entries- gwalch y pysgod noun (bird of prey)
Western Mari
1 entries- сексӹ noun (bird of prey)
Yiddish
1 entries- ים־אָדלער noun (bird of prey)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
An osprey can completely submerge itself when it dives after a fish.
Source: tatoeba (11989126)
1594, George Peele (attributed), The Battle of Alcazar I will provide thee of a princely osprey.
Source: wiktionary
But (oh Jove!) your actions, / Soon as they move, as ospreys do the fish, / Subdue before they touch.
Source: wiktionary
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