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noun
Gypaetus barbatus, the bearded vulture, the diet of which is almost exclusively bone marrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
The osprey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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History
From Middle French ossifrage, from Latin ossifraga (“osprey”), ossifragus (“osprey”), from ossifragus (“bone breaking”).
