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owl
[ oul ]
noun
- any of numerous, chiefly nocturnal birds of prey, of the order Strigiformes, having a broad head with large, forward-directed eyes that are usually surrounded by disks of modified feathers: many populations are diminishing owing to loss of habitat.
- one of a breed of domestic pigeons having an owllike appearance.
- a person of owllike solemnity or appearance.
adjective
- operating late at night or all night:
an owl train.
owl
/ ²¹ÊŠ±ô /
noun
- any nocturnal bird of prey of the order Strigiformes, having large front-facing eyes, a small hooked bill, soft feathers, and a short neck
- any of various breeds of owl-like fancy domestic pigeon (esp the African owl, Chinese owl, and English owl )
- a person who looks or behaves like an owl, esp in having a solemn manner
Derived Forms
- ˈ´Ç·É±ô-ËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ´Ç·É±ôl¾±°ì±ð adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of owl1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of owl1
Idioms and Phrases
see night owl .Example Sentences
"You need to figure out who are the night owls and who are the morning larks. It is no good putting people in at the opposite end of the scale."
Renamed Wind Wolves, it is now the largest privately owned nature preserve on the West Coast, where endangered kit foxes and leopard lizards thrive along with elk, blacktail deer, great horned owls and bobcats.
Barred owls and spotted owls are similar in appearance and the birds can even interbreed.
A researcher, preferably in the dead of night, would trek to those areas and play a recording of the owl’s call — and see if it answers.
Over the next year, the owl claimed first Central Park and then New York City as his territory, gaining millions of fans around the world.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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