English > bird of night: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes. |
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Synonyms | owl, bird of Minerva, hooter |
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Member of | Strigiformes, order Strigiformes | owls |
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Narrower | barn owl, Tyto alba | mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures |
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barred owl, Strix varia | large owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown |
great grey owl, great gray owl, Strix nebulosa | Large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia |
hawk owl, Surnia ulula | Grey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere |
hoot owl | Any owl that hoots as distinct from screeching |
horned owl | large owls having prominent ear tufts |
laughing owl, laughing jackass, Sceloglaux albifacies | almost extinct owl of New Zealand |
little owl, Athene noctua | small European owl |
long-eared owl, Asio otus | slender European owl of coniferous forests / forests with long ear tufts |
owlet | young owl |
scops owl | Any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call |
screech owl, Otus asio | small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle |
screech owl | Any owl that has a screeching cry |
spotted owl, Strix occidentalis | A large owl of North America found in forests / forests from British Columbia to central Mexico |
tawny owl, Strix aluco | reddish-brown European owl having a round head with black eyes |
Broader | bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird | Any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals |
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Spanish | autillo, búho, caburé, cárabo, chuncho, lechuza, mochuelo, strigiformes, tecolote, tucúquere |
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Catalan | mussol, òliba, xot |
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