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Webster 1913 Edition


Ossifrage

Os′si-frage

,
Noun.
[L.
ossifraga
,
ossifragus
, osprey, fr.
ossifragus
bone breaking;
os
,
ossis
, a bone +
frangere
,
fractum
, to break. See
Osseous
,
Break
, and cf.
Osprey
,
Ossifragous
.]
(Zool.)
(a)
The lammergeir.
(b)
The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Ossifrage

OS'SIFRAGE

,
Noun.
[L. ossifraga. See Ospray.]
The ospray or sea-eagle. In Leviticus 11:13, it denotes a different fowl.

Definition 2024


ossifrage

ossifrage

English

Noun

ossifrage (plural ossifrages)

  1. (obsolete) The lammergeier.
  2. (obsolete) The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle.


Latin

Noun

ossifrage

  1. vocative singular of ossifragus