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Erne vs Osprey - What's the difference?

erne | osprey |

As a proper noun erne

is .

As a noun osprey is

a bird of prey (pandion haliaetus ) that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions.

erne

English

(wikipedia erne)

Alternative forms

* (l), (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, poetic, dialectal, scientific) An eagle.
    • The bald earn
  • An eagle with a distinctive white tail; specifically, the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla ).

    • Synonyms

    * (an eagle) sea eagle, white-tailed eagle

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    osprey

    English

    (wikipedia osprey) (Pandion haliaetus)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bird of prey (Pandion haliaetus ) that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions.
  • * 1594', I will provide thee of a princely '''osprey . — Peele, ''Battle of Alcazar
  • * c.'' 1612-13''': But (oh Jove!) your actions, / Soon as they move, as '''ospreys do the fish, / Subdue before they touch. — Shakespeare, Fletcher, ''Two Noble Kinsmen
  • aigrette (ornamental feather)

    • Synonyms

    * fish eagle (a misnomer as the osprey is not an eagle, but compare some of the translations below ) * fish hawk (a misnomer as the osprey is not a hawk) * orfray * ossifrage (from Latin "bone-breaker" ) * osspringer (obsolete)