英语词汇osprey的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	osprey
词源	osprey. The osprey, or fish hawk, takes its name from Latin ossifraga, “bone-breaker.” However, this bird does not break bones and eat marrow from inside them as its name suggests. Somehow over the centuries the dining habits of this fish eater got confused with those of the lammergeier, a large vulture that does drop bones on rocks to open them (much as gulls break clams and mussels). Due to this confusion the fish hawk has since early Roman times been called the osprey.
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