owl
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
owl/aʊl/
▶noun
- 1 a nocturnal bird of prey with large eyes, a hooked beak, and typically a loud hooting call. [Order Strigiformes: many species.]
- 2 informal a person who habitually goes to bed late. Often contrasted with lark1.
– origin OE ūle, of Gmc origin, from a base imitative of the bird's call.
'owl' also found in these Oxford entries:
barn owl
- bird of prey
- boobook owl
- brown owl
- cast
- eagle owl
- hawk owl
- hoot
- horned owl
- lark
- little owl
- nightbird
- nighthawk
- night owl
- noctuid
- owl butterfly
- owlet
- owlish
- owl light
- owl monkey
- owl parrot
- scops owl
- screech owl
- short-eared owl
- snowy owl
- tawny owl
- tu-whit tu-whoo
