barn owl
a yellowish-brown and white owl, Tyto alba, often inhabiting barns and other buildings.
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How to use barn owl in a sentence
A little screech owl tuned up in the distance, a barn owl replied, and a great horned owl drowned both their voices.
A Girl Of The Limberlost | Gene Stratton PorterA boy who had a half-grown barn owl tried him one day to see how many mice he would eat.
One barn owl had thirty-nine locusts, twenty-two other insects, and one mouse which it had just taken.
The nest of the barn owl is a rude structure placed in the bird's daily haunt.
British Birds in their Haunts | Rev. C. A. JohnsThis species is much more common than the barn owl in many districts, although it is decreasing in others.
British Birds in their Haunts | Rev. C. A. Johns
British Dictionary definitions for barn owl
any owl of the genus Tyto, esp T. alba, having a pale brown and white plumage, long slender legs, and a heart-shaped face: family Tytonidae
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