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little owl

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little owl
n.
A small European owl (Athene noctua) having streaked brownish plumage.
little owl
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a small Old World owl, Athene noctua, having a speckled brown plumage and flattish head
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Noun1.little owllittle owl - small European owl                  
Athene noctua
bird of Minerva, bird of night, owl, hooter - nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
genus Athene, Athene - a genus of Strigidae


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The same thing occurs with the little owl of the Pampas (Athene cunicularia), which has so often been described as standing like a sentinel at the mouth of the burrows; for in Banda Oriental, owing to the absence of the Bizcacha, it is obliged to hollow out its own habitation.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
"I don't know how she did it," she continued, and ceased, and there was a long pause, in which a little owl called first here, then there, as it moved from tree to tree in the garden.
The Voyage Out by Woolf, Virginia View in context
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