| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| ossifrage |
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| SYLLABICATION: | os·si·frage |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   s  -fr j, -fr j |
| NOUN: | 1. See lammergeier. 2. Archaic An osprey. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin ossifraga, from ossifragus, bone-breaking : os, oss-, bone; see ost- in Appendix I + frangere, to break; see bhreg- in Appendix I.
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