Complete Definition of "owl"

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English
Image:Northern Spotted Owl.USFWS-thumb.jpg|thumb|right|A Northern Spotted Owl

Etymology
OE. ule|Å«le < Ger..

Pronunciation
IPA|/a�l/, SAMPA|/aUl/
audio|en-us-owl.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|a�l

Noun
en-noun

  1. Any of various bird of prey|birds of prey of the order Strigiformes that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing.
  2. A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active.

Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from "owl"
barn owl
eagle owl
elf owl
great horned owl
little owl
long eared owl
night owl
owl bus
owl-butterfly
owl-faced monkey
owlglass
rel-mid
owl jug
owl-light
owl-swallow
owl-moth
owl train
powerful owl
screech owl
sea-owl
stuffed owl
tawny owl
as wise as an owl
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Translations
trans-top|a bird
Albanian: kukuvajkë f, buf m
Arabic: ARchar|ب��ة (búma) f
Basque: mozo, hontz, gauhontz, hontza
Belarusian: �ава (sava) f
Bontok: koop
Bosnian: t-|bs|sova|f
Breton: toud, kaouenn
Bulgarian: к�к�м�вка (kukumjavka)
Catalan: òliba, mussol
Cebuano: ngiwngiw, mingok
Chinese: �頭鷹, �头鹰 (m�otóuyīng); 鸮形� (xi�o xíng mù)
Croatian: t+|hr|sova|f
Czech: t-|cs|sova|f
Danish: ugle
Dutch: t+|nl|uil|m
Esperanto: strigo
Estonian: öökull, kakk
Faroese: t-|fo|ugla|xs=Faroese
Finnish: t+|fi|pöllö
French: t+|fr|hibou|m, t+|fr|chouette|f
Frisian: ûle
Friulian: çus
Galician: moucho m
German: t+|de|Eule|f, t+|de|Uhu|m
Greek: γλα�κα (ɣláfka) f, κο�κο�βάγια (kukuváya) f
Hebrew: �נש�ף (yanshuf), תנש�ת (tinshemeth), ����ת (liylith), ��� (oakh)
Hindi: t-|hi|�ल�ल�|scDeva|xsHindi
Hungarian: bagoly
Icelandic: t+|is|ugla
Ilocano: kullaaw, puek
Indonesian: burung hantu
Irish: ulchabhán
Italian: gufo m (big), civetta f (small)
Ivatan: bantuluk
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Japanese: � (����, fukur�)
Korean: �빼미 (olppaemi), ��� (buEongI)
Kurdish: t|ku|kund, t+|ku|bu, t|ku|pû, t|ku|pepûk
Ladin: ciuita
Latin: ulula f, noctua f, strix f
Latvian: pūce
Lithuanian: pel�da f; also apuokas m (some species)
Lower Sorbian: sowa
Low Saxon: Uul f
Macedonian: б�в (buv)
Maltese: t-|mt|kokka|xs=Maltese
Maricopa: mmdii
Mongolian: ��л� (uul�)
Norwegian: ugle
O'odham: cukut
Occitan: chòta
Old English: t-|ang|ule|altūle|xsOld English
Pangasinan: kolayot
Persian: FAchar|جغد (jughd)
Polish: t+|pl|sowa|f
Portuguese: coruja f, estrige f
Romanian: t+|ro|bufniţ�
Romansh: tschuetta
Russian: �ова (sová) f, ��� (sy�) m
Sami: skuolfelottit
Sardinian: tirulia, cuccumeu, cuccumiau
Scottish Gaelic: cailleach-oidhche f
Serbian

Slovak: sova#Slovak|sova f, výr#Slovak|výr m
Slovene: t+|sl|sova|f
Spanish: búho m, lechuza f
Swedish: t+|sv|uggla
Tagalog: kuwago
Telugu: ��డ�ల��బ (guDlagooba)
Turkish: t+|tr|bayku�
Ukrainian: �ова (sova) f
Upper Sorbian: sowa
Welsh: tylluan
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See also
hoo
hoot
to-whit, to-whoo
whoo

Anagrams
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