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screech owl

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screech owl

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Main Entry: screech owl

Function: noun

Date: 1593

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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