owl


Definition: Meaning of, owl in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / aʊl /

  • noun
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Singular Plural
owl owls
[countable]
  1. a bird with large eyes that hunts at night
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owl used in phrases

  • Old World scops owl (noun)
    1. european scops owl
  • Oriental scops owl (noun)
    1. asian scops owl
  • Owl and the Pussycat, The
    1. (1871) a NONSENSE poem (=a humorous poem that uses strange words and describes impossible events) by Edward LEAR which begins: The owl and the pussycat went to sea/In a beautiful pea-green boat./They took some honey and plenty of money,/Wrapped up in a five-pound note...
  • barn owl (noun)
    1. mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control
  • barred owl (noun)
    1. large owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown
  • eagle owl (noun)
    1. any of various large owls of the genus Bubo, especially Bubo bubo, that have prominent ear tufts
  • great gray owl (noun)
    1. large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia
  • great grey owl (noun)
    1. large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia
  • great horned owl (noun)
    1. brown North American horned owl
  • hawk owl (noun)
    1. grey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere
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