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Horned owl   /hɔrnd aʊl/   Listen
Horned owl

noun
1.
Large owls having prominent ear tufts.



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"Horned owl" Quotes from Famous Books



... Scops-owl, that comely nocturnal bird of prey, with the round gold eyes. He sports on his forehead two small feathered horns which have won for him in the district the name of Machoto banarudo, the Horned Owl. His song, which is rich enough to fill by itself the still night air, is of a nerve-shattering monotony. With imperturbable and measured regularity, for hours on end, "kew, kew," the bird spits out its ...
— The Wonders of Instinct • J. H. Fabre


Words linked to "Horned owl" :   owl, hooter, Bubo virginianus, bird of Minerva, bird of night, genus Bubo, bubo


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