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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
boobook owl /ˈbuːbʊk/

▶noun a small brown Australasian owl with a characteristic double hoot. [Ninox novaeseelandiae.]

– origin C19: imitative of its call.

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