screech owl

Definitions

1. Any New World owl of genus Megascops.
2. A common barn owl, of species Tyto alba, found almost worldwide.
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3. A mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus).

Equivalents

Examples

“The screech owls winter in the north and are distinctly farsighted in preparing for winter.”

“And I listened for a voice;— / But my heart was all I heard; / Not a screech-owl, not a loon, / Not a tree-toad said a word.”

“The poet Propertius refers to a philtre containing snake bones, a toad, and the feathers of a screech-owl.”

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