haliaeetos

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

hălĭaeĕtos (haly-), i, m., = ἁλιαίετος,

the osprey or sea-eagle : Falco haliaetus, Linn.; Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 10; Nisus, the father of Scylla, was changed into one, Ov. M. 8, 146; Verg. Cir. 535.

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