Bible Dictionary

Ospray

OS'PRAY, mentioned with the ossifrage as an unclean bird. Lev 11:13; Deut 14:12. If not a generic term for eagles, perhaps the short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus), by far the most abundant of the P…

Schaff's Bible Dictionary

OS'PRAY, mentioned with the ossifrage as an unclean bird. Lev 11:13; Deut 14:12. If not a generic term for eagles, perhaps the short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus), by far the most abundant of the Palestine species.