fish hawk

American  

noun

1. osprey.

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fish hawk British  

noun

1. another name for the osprey

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Etymology

Origin of fish hawk

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10

Example Sentences

Millions of Americans have never seen a fish hawk.

From Time Magazine Archive

It might be that a dolphin could swim faster than Lizzie through the water and a fish hawk dive faster through the air, but nothing alive could run across Malaga Island faster than Lizzie Griffin.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

And then the fish hawk dropped the ball, and Jimmie caught it, but it was too late to put Buddy out.

From Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg Bed Time Stories by Garis, Howard Roger

That day we boys climbed up on the mill shed to watch the swans in Bledsoe Creek and we soon noticed a great big fish hawk catching the goslings.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Indiana Narratives by Work Projects Administration

I have sometimes disturbed a fish hawk sitting on a white pine over the water; but I doubt if it is ever profaned by the wind of a gull, like Fair Haven.

From Walden by Thoreau, Henry David