burrowing owl


noun
  1. a long-legged terrestrial owl, Athene cunicularia, of North and South America, that digs a nesting burrow in open prairie land.

Origin of burrowing owl

1
An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

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How to use burrowing owl in a sentence

  • It is not possible to disassociate the call of the burrowing owl from the late slant light of the mesa.