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

short-commons, short-cut, short-dated, short-day, short-day plant, short-eared owl, short-form, short-handed, short-haul, short-horned grasshopper, short-laid

Origin of short-eared owl

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Also called prairie owl.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019