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Owl

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
aʊ(ə)l

Definitions

  1. Initialism of Older Women's League.
  2. A player or fan of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club.
  3. Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families Strigidae and Tytonidae, that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing.
  4. A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active.
  5. Initialism of Web Ontology Language (The order of the letters is discussed at Web Ontology Language § Acronym.)
  6. An owl pigeon.
  7. A politician with moderate views that are neither hawkish nor dovish.
  8. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, especially in the genus Caligo, having large eyespots on the wings.

Equivalents

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Examples

“A group of owls is called a parliament.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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