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scops owl

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scops owl

[skops]
–noun
any of a group of small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call, esp. Otus scops (Old World scops owl) and O. sunia (Oriental scops owl).

Origin:
1815–25; < NL < Gk skps little horned owl
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scops owl

noun
any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call 
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