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howlet
[ hou-lit ]
/ ˈhaʊ lɪt /
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noun British Dialect.
an owl or owlet.
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Origin of howlet
1425–75; late Middle English; perhaps <French hulotte wood-owl, perhaps derivative of Middle French huler to howl <Germanic; see howl
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Word Origin for howlet
C15: diminutive of howle owl
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