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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Also called prairie owl.
Origin of short-eared owl
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
Words nearby short-eared owl
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
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