prairie owl
AmericanEtymology
Origin of prairie owl
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Here and there a prairie owl would whirl low to the ground with a throaty chuckle for a time, but that soon ceased.
From I Married a Ranger by Smith, Dama Margaret
The sharp bark of the coyote, near or far away; soft as an echo, the gently cadenced tremolo of the prairie owl.
From A Breath of Prairie and other stories by Marchand, J. N.
No living thing stirred, save now and then a prairie owl flitting through the gloom added to the sombre desolation of the scene.
From The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America by Butler, William Francis
As the vehicle turned about, the crunching of the wheels started a great gray prairie owl, which rose almost beneath the horses' noses and flapped slowly off.
From The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains by Hough, Emerson
It was eight of the clock when came that final warning whistle of prairie owl.
From Where the Trail Divides by Lillibridge, Will
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