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- Ophiomachus. — See LOCUST. (sup.).
- Oryx. — See ANTELOPE (sup.).
- Osprey (Hebr., 'óznîyyah). — The fishing eagle, which name probably signifies all the smaller eagles.
- Ossifrage. — See LAMMERGEYER (sup.).
- Ostrich. — Still occasionally found in the southeastern deserts of Israel, the ostrich, if we are to judge from the many mentions made of it, was well known among the Hebrews. The beauty of its plumage, its fleetness, its reputed stupidity, its leaving its eggs on the sand and hatching them by the sun's heat are repeatedly alluded to.
- Owl. — A generic name under which many species of nocturnal birds are designated, some having a proper name in the Hebrew, some others possessing none. Among the former we may mention the little owl (athene persica), the Egyptian eagle-owl (bubo ascalephus), the great owl of some authors, called ibis in the D.V., the screech or hooting owl, probably the lîlîth of Is., xxxiv, and the lamia of St. Jerome and the D.V.; the barn owl (stryx flammea), possibly corresponding to the táhmãs of the Hebrews and rendered by night-hawk in the A.V.; and the qîppôz of Is., xxxiv, 15, as yet unidentified.
- Ox. — See CATTLE (sup.).
- Ox, Wild, Is., hi, 20, probably antilope bubalis. See ANTELOPE (sup.).
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