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barn owl |
a brown and white owl that lives in barns and feeds on rodents. |
great horned owl |
a large gray and brown North American owl that has two large earlike tufts of blackish feathers. |
hoot |
to make the sound an owl makes. [2/6 definitions] |
horned owl |
any of several owls having earlike tufts of feathers, esp. the great horned owl. |
owlet |
a small or immature owl. |
snowy owl |
a large arctic and subarctic migratory owl that is white with brown markings. |
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