Definition of Scops owl

1. Noun. Any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call.

Generic synonyms: Bird Of Minerva, Bird Of Night, Hooter, Owl
Group relationships: Genus Otus, Otus
Specialized synonyms: Old World Scops Owl, Otus Scops, Oriental Scops Owl, Otus Sunia

Definition of Scops owl

1. Noun. A small European migratory owl, ''Otus scops'', that winters in sub-Saharran Africa. ¹

2. Noun. Any bird of the genus ''Otus''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Scops owl

1. Any one of numerous species of small owls of the genus Scops having ear tufts like those of the horned owls, especially the European scops owl (Scops giu), and the American screech owl. (S. Asio). Origin: NL. Scops, fr. Gr. The little horned owl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scops Owl

scopolia
scopolia japonica
scopoline
scopometer
scopomorphinism
scopophiles
scopophiliac
scopophiliacs
scopophobia
scops
scops-owl
scops-owls
scops owl (current term)
scops owls
scoptophile
scoptophiles
scoptophilia
scoptophiliac
scoptophiliacs
scoptophilic
scopula
scopulae
scopulas
scopulate
scopuliped
scopulous
scorable

Literary usage of Scops owl

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. List of the Vertebrated Animals Now Or Lately Living in the Gardens of the by London Zoo (London, England), Philip Lutley Sclater (1883)
"White-eared scops owl. Hab. West Africa. a, b. Purchased, May 19,1865. 726. ... American scops owl. Hab. North America. a, 6. Purchased, July 20, 1882. ..."

2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1888)
"8. Konkan, Jan. to March. G. Vidal, GS 75 ter.—THE LARGE scops owl. ... The Large scops owl occurs, but is by no means common in Sind, ..."

3. An Illustrated Manual of British Birds by Howard Saunders (1899)
"The often-repeated story of the breeding of the Scops-Owl at Castle-Eden Dene ... The Scops-Owl is only a summer-visitor even to the temperate portions of ..."

4. A Catalogue of the Birds of Sind: Cutch, Káthiáwár, North Gujarát, and Mount by Edward Arthur Butler (1879)
"The Indian scops owl.— Descr. Jerdon, I; also vide Hume's Raptores, 386, and " SF" II, ... Brace's scops owl.—Descr. " S. F/' I, 8; V, 245, and VII, 505. ..."

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