WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
os•si•frage
(os′ə frij),USA pronunciation n.
- the lammergeier.
- [Archaic.]the osprey.
- Latin ossifraga sea eagle, literally, bone-breaker (noun, nominal use of feminine of ossifragus bone-breaking), equivalent. to ossi- (combining form of os) bone + frag-, variant stem of frangere to break + -a nominative singular feminine noun, nominal and adjective, adjectival ending
- 1595–1605
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