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}]