owl

noun

ˈau̇(-ə)l

: 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web This owl sparingly occurs in high elevation ponderosa pine forest. —

Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2022 The shirts were white with the OVO owl and the Apollo Theater’s logo on the left chest with the original show flier printed on the entire back. —

Cydney Lee, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2023 The waning moon, hung in the sky; A great gray owl winged silently by. —

John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2022 The exhibit uses interactive graphics to teach about resilient forest residents including an observant owl called Great Gray and a fruiting fungus known as Fuzzy Foot. Open during museum hours through May 7, 2023. —

oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2022 An owl named Tyto escaped from the Fort Worth Zoo in 2013. —

Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2023 Legend has it, an owl once saved the townspeople from a fiery fate, which is why Dijon has sacred strigiformes depicted all over town. —

Lanee Lee, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2023 When archaeologists first found that thousands of owl-shaped slate tablets were interred in archaeological sites throughout the Iberian Peninsula, they were stumped. —

Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022 And depiction 3 is perhaps the one most heatedly debated among internet sleuths: An owl attacked her. —

Lauren Huff, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2022 See More

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