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horned owl

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noun

  1. any large owl of the genus Bubo, having prominent ear tufts: family Strigidae

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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We were soon greeted by Jack Levenberg, a docent and naturalist, with Sierra, a great horned owl, perched on his gloved hand.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2026

Then a great horned owl appeared on my screen, again with a red dot.

From Seattle Times Sep. 7, 2023

As a young kid in Michigan, he’d found an abandoned great horned owl and raised it in his bedroom.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2023

There has even been an occasional visit from a great horned owl that’s known to come to the arboretum nest.

From Washington Post Oct. 26, 2022

Then I boomed out the song of the great horned owl and stopped.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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