osprey: [15] Etymologically, the osprey is simply a ‘bird of prey’. Its name comes from ospreit, the Old French descendant of Vulgar Latin *avispreda, which in turn was a conflation of Latin avis praedae ‘bird of prey’ (avis is the source of English augur, auspice, aviary, and aviation, and praeda is the ancestor of English prey).
The specific association with the ‘osprey’ came about in Old French through confusion with the coincidentally similar osfraie ‘osprey’. This meant etymologically ‘bone-breaker’. It came from Latin ossifraga, a compound formed from os ‘bone’ (source of English ossify [18]) and frangere ‘break’ (source of English fracture, fragment, etc).
It was originally applied to the lammergeier, a large vulture, in allusion to its habit of dropping its prey from a great height on to rocks beneath in order to break its bones, but was subsequently also used for the osprey. => aviary, prey
osprey (n.)
fishing hawk, mid-15c., from Anglo-French ospriet, from Medieval Latin avis prede "bird of prey," from Latin avis praed?, a generic term apparently confused with this specific bird in Old French on its similarity to ossifrage.
例文
1. An osprey is flying over the water.
オスプレイが水面を飛んでいる。
＜dl>＜dt＞2.Species like the bald eagle，peregrine falcon and osprey nearly disappeard.
コンドル、ハヤブサ、サギのような鳥はほとんど消えてしまった。
3.Never，even among animals，does the creature born to be a dove change into an osprey .
動物の中で、ハクトウワシになるために生まれてきた生物は猛禽にはならなかった。
4.Bald eagles snatch fish at the water surface，rob osprey of fish，and eat carrion.
白頭海彫刻はよく水面をかすめて魚を捕り、マダイが捕まえた魚を奪い、腐肉も食べる。
5.At that time，an osprey swims quickly，went to abdomen of its get down readily.