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===Etymology=== The genus name ''[[Pandion (bird)|Pandion]]'' derives from ''Pandíōn'' {{lang|grc|Πανδίων}}, the [[Greek mythology|mythical]] Greek [[king of Athens]] and grandfather of [[Theseus]], [[Pandion II]]. The species name ''haliaetus'' ({{langx|la|haliaeetus}})<ref>{{L&S|haliaeetos|ref}}</ref> comes from [[Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|grc|ἁλιάετος}} ''haliáetos'' "sea-eagle" (also {{lang|grc|ἁλιαίετος}} ''haliaietos'') from the combining form {{lang|grc|ἁλι-}} ''hali-'' of {{lang|grc|ἅλς }} ''hals'' "sea" and {{lang|grc|ἀετός}} ''aetos'', "eagle".<ref>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher = Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 |pages =[https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n185 185], 290–291}}</ref><ref name="LSJ" /> The origins of ''osprey'' are obscure;<ref name="Livingston1943" /> the word itself was first recorded around 1460, derived via the [[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-French]] ''ospriet'' and the [[Medieval Latin]] ''avis prede'' "bird of prey," from the [[Latin]] ''avis praedae'' though the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] notes a connection with the [[Latin]] ''ossifraga'' or "bone breaker" of [[Pliny the Elder]].<ref name="Morris1969" /><ref name="etymonline" /> However, this term referred to the [[bearded vulture]].<ref name="OED" />
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