: any of an order (Strigiformes) of chiefly nocturnal birds of prey with a large head and eyes, short hooked bill, strong talons, and soft fluffy often brown-mottled plumage
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But no courtship call of great horned owls, no wood thrush or Baltimore oriole.
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Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Her motifs—flags, dominoes, seashells, snails, moons, eggs, owls—only heighten the otherworldliness.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The letter claims that about $3,000 would be needed to kill one owl, resulting in more than $1.35 billion over a 30-year period.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
Read Next National Baby owl found on ground had fallen 100 feet from her PA nest.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
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Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Her motifs—flags, dominoes, seashells, snails, moons, eggs, owls—only heighten the otherworldliness.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The letter claims that about $3,000 would be needed to kill one owl, resulting in more than $1.35 billion over a 30-year period.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
Read Next National Baby owl found on ground had fallen 100 feet from her PA nest.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Owl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/owl. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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: any of an order of birds of prey that are active mainly at night and that have a broad head, very large eyes, and a powerful hooked beak and claws
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