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noun, feminine

orfraie

/ɔʁ.fʁɛ/

noun, feminine/ɔʁ.fʁɛ/plural: orfraies

white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla); osprey; bird of ill omen

Inherited from Old French osfraie, inherited from Latin ossifraga (“osprey”), from ossifragus (“bone breaking”). Doublet of ossifrage.