{ "osprey":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a large fish-eating hawk ( Pandion haliaetus ) with long wings that is dark brown above and mostly pure white below":[], ": a feather trimming used for millinery":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u00e4-spr\u0113", "-\u02ccspr\u0101", "\u02c8\u00e4s-pr\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Early migrants reported from Santuit Pond in Mashpee included a great-crested flycatcher and a blue-gray gnatcatcher, and other sightings included a blue-winged teal, 68 ring-necked ducks, 2 bald eagles, and 16 osprey . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Apr. 2022", "The department reported most recently in 2020 that 126 osprey nests were reported to be active in the state. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 30 Mar. 2022", "In one breath, your guide might point out an osprey or a majestic heron and, in the next, describe the square footage and multimillion-dollar glamour of some of the homes lining the lakes. \u2014 Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com , 23 Jan. 2022", "Tibet-Butler Preserve serves as a green space in the shadow of Walt Disney World that provides a haven for turtles, alligators, songbirds and osprey . \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 31 Dec. 2021", "One of them is the osprey , nesting on all continents except Antarctica. \u2014 Jim Williams, Star Tribune , 18 May 2021", "Read full article Berkshire County: The area has been hosting a brant at Mt. Williams Reservoir in North Adams, a dickcissel in Williamstown, and a Barrow\u2019s goldeneye and an osprey at Richmond Pond in Richmond. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Nov. 2021", "An osprey was seen at Jamaica Pond, while an Iceland gull was spotted at Revere Beach. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Oct. 2021", "An osprey had started to build a bulky nest of branches and sticks on the pole just north of Grey Eagle, Minn., a small city in Todd County about 40 miles northwest of St. Cloud. \u2014 Jenny Berg, Star Tribune , 14 June 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English ospray , from Anglo-French *osfraie , from Latin ossifraga , a bird of prey":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170731" }, "Osphromenidae":{ "type":[ "plural noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a family of freshwater fishes of southeastern Asia and Africa including the gouramis and a number of favored aquarium fishes and usually included in the same family (Anabantidae) as the genus Anabas":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cc\u00e4sfr\u0259\u02c8men\u0259\u02ccd\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Osphromenus , type genus (from Greek osphromenos , aorist participle of osphrainesthai to smell, catch the scent of) + -idae ; from a resemblance of certain organs to another supposed by the namer to be an organ of smell; akin to Greek ozein to smell":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004827" }, "osphretic":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": olfactory":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)\u00e4s\u00a6fretik" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Greek osphr\u0113tikos , from osphr\u0113tos capable of being smelled + -ikos -ic; akin to Greek ozein to smell":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161108" }, "osphresis":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": olfaction":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00e4s\u02c8fr\u0113s\u0259\u0307s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Greek osphr\u0113sis":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215815" }, "osphradium":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a single or paired sense organ connected with one of the visceral ganglia and situated near the gill of most aquatic mollusks that is supposed to be olfactory or to test the purity of the water passing to the gills":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Middle Greek osphradion nosegay, diminutive of Late Greek osphra smell; akin to Greek ozein to smell":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-021404" }, "osphradial":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of or relating to the osphradium":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)\u00e4s\u00a6fr\u0101d\u0113\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "osphradi um + -al":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-172435" }, "OSP":{ "type":[ "abbreviation" ], "definitions":{ "he died without issue":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin obiit sine prole":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-201123" } }