British Dictionary definitions for Brown Owl (2 of 2)
a name (no longer in official use) for Brownie Guider
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How to use brown owl in a sentence
Luckily for him the brown owl had meanwhile flown away with another young vole in her claws.
Creatures of the Night | Alfred W. ReesLong may the brown owl live to chant his dim song in "Yallam" Wood—and long may he escape the gun and trap of the gamekeeper!
Thomas Hardy's Dorset | Robert Thurston HopkinsThe barn-owl is the "screech" owl of bird literature; the brown owl the true hooting owl.
Poachers and Poaching | John WatsonThe stock-dove, one of our pretty wild pigeons, nests in colonies in rabbit-burrows, as does the brown owl.
Poachers and Poaching | John WatsonHe brags of no fine society, but is plainly a little elated by "having considerable acquaintance with a tame brown owl."
My Garden Acquaintance | James Russell Lowell
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