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Ossifrage

ossifrage

(Science: zoology) The lammergeir.

The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle.

Origin: L. Ossifraga, ossifragus, osprey, fr. Ossifragus bone breaking; os, ossis, a bone _ frangere, fractum, to break. See Osseous, Break, and cf. Osprey, Ossifragous.


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