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screech-owl

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screech owl

–noun
1. any of numerous small American owls of the genus Otus, having hornlike tufts of feathers, as O. asio, of eastern North America.
2. (not in technical use) any owl having a harsh cry, esp. the barn owl.
Also, screech-owl.


Origin:
1585–95
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