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tawny owl
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tawny owl
n.
A common owl (Strix aluco) of Eurasia and northern Africa, having tawny, wormlike markings.
tawny owl
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a European owl, Strix aluco, having a reddish-brown or grey plumage, black eyes, and a round head Also called brown owl wood owl
Tawny Owl
n
(Non-sporting Hobbies / Other Non-sporting Hobbies) a name (no longer in official use) for an assistant Brownie Guider
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Noun1.tawny owl - reddish-brown European owl having a round head with black eyestawny owl - reddish-brown European owl having a round head with black eyes
Strix aluco
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 Strix, Strix - owls lacking ear tufts
Translations
tawny owl
n → Waldkauz m; Tawny Owl (in Brownies) → Helferin f → der Wichtelmutter
tawny owl n → allocco
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And now lead-author Julien Gasparini of the Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris, and his colleagues have shown that female tawny owls (Strix aluco) with dark red plumage mount a more powerful response to infection than females with lighter feathers.
Feather colour may reveal survival strategy in birds by Asian News International
Wise-up to tawny owls Their Latin name is Strix aluco.
Home to roost! Young tawny owl is surprise visitor in outhouse ... by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Tawny owls are common throughout the British Isles except in Ireland, where there aren't any All owls are carnivores.
AMAZING BIRDS by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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