Fish owl

Related to Fish owl: eagle owl, Brown fish owl

(Zool.)

a fish-eating owl of the Old World genera Scotopelia and Ketupa, esp. a large East Indian species (K. Ceylonensis).

See also: Fish

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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