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short-eared owl

[ shawrt-eerd ]
/ ˈʃɔrtˌɪərd /

noun

a streaked, buffy brown, cosmopolitan owl, Asio flammeus, having very short tufts of feathers on each side of the head.

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Nearby words

  1. short-commons,
  2. short-cut,
  3. short-dated,
  4. short-day,
  5. short-day plant,
  6. short-form,
  7. short-handed,
  8. short-haul,
  9. short-horned grasshopper,
  10. short-laid

Origin of short-eared owl

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
Also called prairie owl.
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