barred owl

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noun

a large owl, Strix varia, of eastern North America, having its breast barred and abdomen streaked with dark brown.

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Origin of barred owl

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

For many years, visitors were barred from the isolated towns.
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This video remedies that injustice, showcasing an owl doing a butterfly stroke in Lake Michigan.
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The state Supreme Court also barred him from holding judicial office in Arkansas.
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Under Zambian electoral law Scott, 70, is barred from standing for the presidency himself.
Democratic Africa Gets Its First White Leader|Nico Hines|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Louisiana lawmakers barred those convicted of domestic violence from owning a gun for 10 years.
Use Your Vote to Take Stand Against Domestic Violence|Shannon Watts|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The old owl no longer hooted, and the water-oaks had ceased to moan as they bent their heads.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Now under the ivy-laden branches of a tall old tree an owl startles them with its shriek.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
A claim barred by the statute of limitations is not provable, nor is a contingent liability.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
At the castle, Douglas found only the porter and the cook; and so he barred the gates, and dined at leisure.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
He saw the narrow ray of that signal beam reach out and up to one of the narrow, barred windows.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various