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Acadian owl

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noun

  1. (in former systems of nomenclature) the saw-whet owl.


Etymology

Origin of Acadian owl

First recorded in 1910–15

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In the course of another ten minutes a light was seen glowing through the trees, and immediately the abbé hooted thrice, imitating perfectly the note of the little Acadian owl.

From The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

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