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Definition of Hoot owl
1. Noun. Any owl that hoots as distinct from screeching.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoot Owl
Literary usage of Hoot owl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music: A Description of the Character and by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1921)
"... u • TT j hoot owl throughout the year except at the most L. 21.75 Inche»
northerly hmit of its range, which is Hudson AH the year Bay and Newfoundland; ..."
2. Birds that hunt and are hunted by Neltje Blanchan (1905)
"... Called also: hoot owl; WOOD OWL Length—18 to 20 inches ; female the larger.
Male and Female—Upper parts grayish brown, each feather with two or three ..."
3. The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom by Wilbur Henry Siebert (1898)
"Miss Martha Putnam says she has heard her father make the "hoot-owl" call ...
Then a call was given, a hoot-owl call, and this was answered by a similar one ..."
4. A Preliminary Catalog of the Birds of Missouri by Otto Widmann (1907)
"hoot owl. Geog. Dist.—Eastern United States and southern provinces of Canada from
... With all other owls, except the Great Horned Owl, the hoot owl is now ..."
5. Birds that Every Child Should Know: The East, by Neltje Blanchan [pseud by Neltje Blanchan, Nellie Blanchan (De Graff) Doubleday (1907)
"Its deep-toned whoo-whoo-who-whoo-to-whoo-ah, like the wail of some lost soul
asking the way, is the only indication you are likely to have that a hoot owl ..."
6. A Pocket List of the Birds of Eastern Massachusetts: With Especial Reference by Albert Pitts Morse (1912)
"Barred Owl ; hoot owl— Strix varia varia Barton. Scarce R. sometimes common in
autumn. Heavy ' woodlands in swamps ... Great Horned Owl; hoot owl— Bubo vir- ..."
7. Robert Merry's Museum by Samuel G Goodrich (1842)
"Well, now. if you '11 believe me, jest as that are thought crossed my mind, I
heerd a hoot-owl in the woods. He hooted jest seven times, and then he stopped ..."
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