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scops owl

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[skops] / skɒps /

noun

  1. any of a group of small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call, especially Otus scops Old World scops owl and O. sunia Oriental scops owl.

Etymology

Origin of scops owl

1815–25; < New Latin < Greek skṓps little horned owl

Example Sentences

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Another Scops owl, with one eye, lives in the eastern aviary, in Church's care.

From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Newnes, George

The owl I know least is a little Scops owl, kept alone in the insect-house.

From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Newnes, George

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