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burrowing owl
noun
- a long-legged terrestrial owl, Athene cunicularia, of North and South America, that digs a nesting burrow in open prairie land.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of burrowing owl1
An Americanism dating back to 1810–20
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Example Sentences
A small burrowing owl lives in the squirrel holes, and you may catch him easily in the daytime, when he cannot see.
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If it be summer and the sun well down, there will be a burrowing owl to call.
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In passing through a village of prairie dogs, of which we saw great numbers, Mr. Peale killed a burrowing owl.
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Unlike other species of owls, the Burrowing Owl is especially fitted for a subterranean mode of life.
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It is not possible to disassociate the call of the burrowing owl from the late slant light of the mesa.
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