Fishhawk \Fish"hawk`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The osprey ({Pandion halia["e]tus}), found both in Europe and
America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and
seizes fishes in its talons. Called also {fishing eagle}, and
{bald buzzard}.
fishing eagle
n : of southeast Europe and central Asia [syn: {Haliaeetus
leucorhyphus}]