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Answer for the clue "Keen-eyed fisher ", 6 letters:
osprey

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Word definitions for osprey in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ) — also called fish eagle , sea hawk , river hawk , and fish hawk — is a diurnal , fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range . It is a large raptor , reaching more than in length and across the wings. It is brown ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A bird of prey (''Pandion haliaetus'') that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions. 2 aigrette (ornamental feather)

Usage examples of osprey.

Cook stand back, let Fiara bend forward, let every member who fought under the Osprey banner take a collective breath.

T-shaped shadow of the osprey crossing the pale green water beneath him.

Hub clock chimed the half hour after noon, Osprey and another of the outer-room workers arrived with a tray of covered dishes.

Once her companion had set up a small table at the empty center of the room, Osprey began to lay out the dishes and eating utensils she carried.

While Crane and Rosethorn read through the journal, Osprey had given Niko the tour, showing him even the contents of the distilling jars.

He watched her walk to the center of the room, away from the counters, to lower her mask and gulp the willowbark tea that Osprey brought, making a face at its bitterness.

He read them, Briar noticed, but he directed Osprey to do the suggested work.

Acacia often came to ask Osprey things, while Crane spent more time advising Osprey than he ever had with Rosethorn.

He wanted to order Acacia to show some backbone and Osprey to let Crane work.

The workers scrubbed and boiled the black slabs while he and Osprey created five more cures.

Chief among the birds of prey are the osprey, the white-headed sea-eagle, and the white-bellied sea-eagle.

Certainly some limitation on the part of the fish seems to operate in favour of the osprey, otherwise the clumsy fisher would oft go hungry.

While the osprey and the white-bellied sea-eagle fall out and chide and fight, it looks down from some superior height and placidly watches the fish trap, for though knightly it is not above accepting tribute, for it likes fish though it hates fishing.

The great osprey seldom crosses the bay without a challenge from its stealthy foe, the white-belly.

I am waiting for the day when, in mid-air, the osprey and the white-bellied sea-eagle shall clasp hands.