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Definition of screech-owl in English Turkish dictionary
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Definition of screech-owl in English English dictionary
- A particular small North American owl
- the barn owl, Tyto alba
- A North American owl belonging to the Megascops genus
- screechowl
- {n} an owl that hoots by night
- screech owl
- {i} small owl of North America; any owl that emits screeching shout
- screech owl
- small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle
- screech owl
- Any of various small owls of the genus Otus, especially O. asio, of North America, having ear tufts and a quavering whistlelike call. Any of numerous owls of the genus Otus (family Strigidae). Both New World species and Old World species (called scops owls) have a facial disk and ear tufts. In spite of their name, they do not in fact screech. Their colouring resembles tree bark, and they are 8-12 in. (20-30 cm) long. They eat mostly small mammals, birds, and insects. Notable species are the common screech owl (O. asio) of North America, the flammulated owl (O. flammeolus) of western North America, and the common scops owl (O. scops) of southern Europe, Asia, and Africa
- screech owl
- any owl that has a screeching cry
- screech owl
- small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle any owl that has a screeching cry