tawny owl

Noun

Meaning

tawny owl (plural tawny owls)

A species of strigid owl, Strix aluco, of Europe, western Asia, and the Middle East.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

scops owl

Hypernyms

owl hooter bird of Minerva bird of night

Examples

The latter at that time were usually a fairly generic type of (probably earless) owl similar to today's North American spotted owl or the European tawny owl ; the diversity in size and ecology found in typical owls today developed only subsequently. Source: Internet

The photographer Eric Hosking lost his left eye after attempting to photograph a tawny owl, which inspired the title of his 1970 autobiography, An Eye for a Bird. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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