owlet

Noun

Meaning

A small owl; especially, the European species (Athene noctua), and the California flammulated owlet (Megascops flammeolus).

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

eagle hawk harrier buzzard blame beak owl Falco goshawk accipiter honker little owl caracara bird of prey falconet
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Hypernyms

owl hooter bird of Minerva bird of night

Phrases with the word

false owlet moth long-whiskered owlet morbid owlet owlet-nightjar spotted owlet

Anagrams

towel Towle

Examples

Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place, (Portentous sight) the owlet Atheism, sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon, drops his blue-fringed lids, and holds them close, and hooting at the glorious sun in Heaven, cries out, ''Where is it'' Samuel Taylor Coleridge

He was once our trumpeter, now his bugle's dumb, Pile your arms beneath it, for the owlet light is come, We'll wander through the roses where we marched of old with Peterkin, We'll search the summer sunset where the Hybla beehives hum, And - if we meet a fairy there - we'll ask for news of Peterkin. Alfred Noyes

Close letter words and terms

owldom owler owlery owlet moth owlet-nightjar owlfly