American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various small owls of the genus Otus, especially O. asio, of North America, having ear tufts and a quavering whistlelike call.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An owl that screeches, as distinguished from one that hoots: applied to various species. In Great Britain it is a common name of the barn-owl. In the United States it is specifically applied to the small horned owls of the genus Scops (or Megascops). See
red owl(under red), and compare saw-whet.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) The European barn owl. The name is applied also to other species.
- n. any owl that has a screeching cry
- n. small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle
- From the fact that these species are owls which emit screeching calls. (Wiktionary)
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