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Definition of Screech owl
1. Noun. Any owl that has a screeching cry.
2. Noun. Small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle.
Generic synonyms: Bird Of Minerva, Bird Of Night, Hooter, Owl
Group relationships: Genus Otus, Otus
Definition of Screech owl
1. Noun. A North American owl belonging to the ''Megascops'' genus. ¹
2. Noun. (U.K.) the barn owl, ''Tyto alba''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Screech Owl
Literary usage of Screech owl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1840)
"THE LITTLE screech owl. BUBO Asió, Linn. PLATE XL.—ADULT AND YOUNG. , This Owl,
although found in the Southern States, is there very rare. ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"I do not for a moment wish to suggest the probability of a new race, although
one cannot help recalling the formerly described Puget Sound screech owl in ..."
3. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"The nesting habits of all the sub-species, as far as we can learn, are exactly
like those of the eastern screech owl; the eggs cannot be distinguished, ..."
4. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"The nesting habits of all the sub-species, as far as we can learn, are exactly
like those of the eastern screech owl; the eggs cannot be distinguished, ..."
5. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"... the screech owl's song is surely the most so; its fascination does not depend
on music but upon the chills which it sends up and down the spine of the ..."
6. Ornithological Biography by John James Audubon (1832)
"THE LITTLE screech owl. STRIX Asio, Linn. PLATE XCVII. ADULT AND YOUNG. THIS Owl,
although found in the southern States, is very rare there. ..."
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