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1 == 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Scientific names 1.2.2 Related terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 Proper noun

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Pronunciation

• oul, /aʊl/, /aUl/

  Rhymes: -aʊl

Noun

owl (owls )

1. A carnivorous bird, similar to a falcon, and primarily nocturnal, though the degree of day activity varies highly among various members of the species. Has forward-looking, binocular vision, but limited eye movement. This is compensated for by a high degree of head rotation (270 degrees) and extremely powerful hearing. Size ranges from that of North America's Great Horned Owl, with a wingspan of 4 1/2 feet, to America's Elf Owl, at 3 3/4 inches in total length.
2. A message. This meaning is common among the fans of the Harry Potter book series in which owls are used to deliver mail.

   He received an urgent owl from the Ministry of Magic.

Scientific names

• Aeogolivus acadicus
• Bubo virginianus
• Strigiformes
• Strix occidental

Related terms

• barn owl
• elf owl
• great horned owl
• powerful owl

Translations

a bird

Albanian: buforët Basque: mozo , hontz , gauhontz , hontza Belarusian: сава Bontok: koop Bosnian: sova f Breton: toud , kaouenn Bulgarian: кукумявка (kukumjavka ) Catalan: rapinyaire nocturn Cebuano: ngiwngiw, mingok Croatian: sova Czech: sova Danish: ugle Dutch: uil m Esperanto: strigo Estonian: öökull Faroese: ugla Finnish: pöllö French: hibou m, chouette f Frisian: ûle Friulian: çus Gallegan: moucho m German: Eule f Greek: κουκουβάγια f Hungarian: bagoly Icelandic: ugla Ilocano: kullaaw, puek Indonesian: burung hantu Irish: ulchabhán Italian: gufo m, strige (?) Ivatan: bantuluk Japanese: 梟 (フクロウ , fukurō) Ladin: ciuita Latvian: pūce Lithuanian: pelėda f; also apuokas m (some species) Lower Sorbian: sowa

Macedonian: був (buv ) Maltese: kokka Maricopa: mmdii Norwegian: ugle O'odham: cukut Occitan: chòta Pangasinan: kolayot Polish: sowa Portuguese: coruja f, mocho m Romanian: bufniţă Romansh: tschuetta Russian: сыч (sich) m, совы (sovy) Sami: skuolfelottit Sardinian: tirulia , cuccumeu , istria , stria Scottish: cailleach-oidhche Serbian: сова (sova) Slovak: sova f, výr m Slovenian: sova f Spanish: búho m, lechuza f Swedish: uggla Tagalog: kuwago Turkish: baykuş Ukrainian: сова (sova) Upper Sorbian: sowa Welsh: tylluan

message

Slovak: sova f

Proper noun

Owl

1. A fictional character in A. A. Milne 's book Winnie the Pooh and the Disney film of the same name.