screech owl
noun
1
: barn owl
2
: any of various New World owls (genus Otus)
especially
: either of two small owls (O. asio of eastern North America and O. kennicottii of western North America) with a pair of tufts of lengthened feathers on the head resembling ears
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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