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ossĭfrăgus , a, um, adj. 2. os-frango,
I.bone-breaking, Cass. Sev. ap. Sen. Contr. 5, 33.—
II. Subst.: ossĭfrăgus , i, m., and ossĭfrăga , ae, f., the sea-eagle, osprey, Plin. 10, 7, 8, § 20; 30, 7, 20, § 63: “accipitres, atque ossifragae,Lucr. 5, 1079; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 7, 59.
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    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.1079
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.20
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