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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
ossifrage
 
SYLLABICATION:os·si·frage
PRONUNCIATION:  s-frj, -frj
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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