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Meaning owl meaning

What does owl mean?

Definitions in simple English

owl Noun

— An owl is a type of bird. Usually it is a large bird, with two large eyes in front, that catches smaller animals at night and sleeps during the day. There were three owls hooting during night.

owl

— noun nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes

Synonyms owl synonyms

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owl English » English

barn owl kite bird of night screech owl hooter chicken bird of Minerva tawny owl soar rail nocturnal animal night-bird night owl horned owl hawk fool eagle owl burrowing owl breathalyzer breathalyser boobook bird of pray bird batty a bird Powerful Owl

Topics owl topics

What do people use owl to talk about?

Universe, creation Animal Types of animals

Bird

What species of bird are there?

accipiter accipitrine anhinga albatross aquiline auk avocet bittern blackbird blackcap bluebird blue jay bobolink bobwhite booby brant bullfinch bunting bustard buteo buzzard canary caracara cardinal cassowary catbird chat chickadee chicken cock cockatoo cormorant condor coot crane crepuscular crow cuckoo curlew cygnet dove drake duck duckling dunlin eagle eaglet egret eider emu erne falcon fieldfare finch flamingo flicker flycatcher fulmar gallinule gander gannet gnatcatcher goatsucker godwit goldfinch goose goshawk gosling grackle grebe grouse gull gyrfalcon hawk hen heron hoopoe hummingbird ibis jackdaw jaeger jay junco kea kingbird kingfisher kite kittiwake kiwi lapwing lark loon lovebird lyrebird macaw magpie mallard martin merganser mew moa mockingbird myna mynah nighthawk nightjar nonpasserine nuthatch oriole oscine osprey ostrich owl parakeet passerine parrot partridge peacock peafowl peahen peewit pelican penguin peregrine petrel pewee pewit phalarope pheasant pigeon pintail pipit plover ptarmigan puffin quail quetzal rail ratite raven redbird rhea ricebird ringdove robin rooster rook runner sandpiper sapsucker scoter seagull shearwater shelduck siskin skua snipe snowbird sparrow spoonbill squab starling stilt stork swallow swan swift tailorbird tanager teal tern thrasher thrush tit titmouse towhee trumpeter tumbler turkey turnstone turtledove vireo vulture vulturine wading warbler waxwing weaverbird whistler willet woodcock woodpecker wren yellowhammer yellowlegs yellowthroat

Examples owl examples

How do I use owl in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I used to be a night owl, but now I'm an early riser.

An owl was perching on the tree, watching me.

An owl sleeps by day and hunts by night.

I'm a night owl.

That was an eagle owl.

What's the difference between an owl and a barn owl?

In a scary scene, it never fails that there is either an owl hooting or wolves howling under the full moon.

She's a night owl.

The owl can see in the dark.

I am not an owl!

I'm not an owl!

Tom's a night owl, but he's very sluggish in the morning.

The owl gave a loud screech.

Peter is a night owl.

The owl hoots.

I could hear an owl hooting in the distance.

This fairy could take any shape she pleased. All the day long she flew about in the form of an owl, or crept about the country like a cat; but at night she always became an old woman again.

The birds don't seem scared of the plastic owl.

Movie subtitles

And here is the skulking owl who nests in the ruins with a gun under his robe: Jean de Mauprat! Second in command of the bandits.

Don't stand there staring at me all solemn and owl-eyed.

An owl hooting in my ear all night.

I wouldn't be sitting in an owl wagon for local color.

You can stay here for a couple of weeks like I told you in the owl wagon, and when I get back, I'll see what I can do for you.

I must have spent it at that owl wagon.

Wake up, Friend Owl.

Hello, Friend Owl.

Just as, in olden times, the owl would be nailed to the barn door, you shall be nailed to the cemetery gates, fowl of blood.

Who wouldn't be, living with that old screech owl?

We found a dead owl in it last Sunday.

They say the owl was a baker's daughter.

It was the owl that shriek'd.

The Patriarch, the Fellow-Countryman, Zoya bulldog, the Fox the Taylor, the Shepherd, the Owl, the Fly-by-night.

The Owl sees by day as well.

The Monkey works in wholesale, the Owl in retail.

Don't stand there like a stuffed owl! I know what you're thinking. No, no, no.

Topper, you look like an owl.

I got eyes like an owl.

What now? -Wake up, Friend Owl.

What are you looking at, Dr. Owl?

Well, don't stand there like an owl.

Watson, I've been blind. Mole an owl or bat.

That is an owl.

Your owl-stuffing, speech-making, pompous old self.

It was only an owl.

I must have spent id at that owl wagon.

Wake up. Wake up, Friend Owl.

What's that, a hoot owl?

Peace! It was the owl that shriek'd.

I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry.

News and current affairs

We can easily tally the costs of individual conservation efforts like saving the northern spotted owl.