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Meanings of Tyto alba in English

Portuguese
coruja-das-torres
Catalan
xibeca

Mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control.

        coruja-das-torres
        Synonyms
        Examples for "barn owl"
        Examples for "barn owl"
        1
        The barn owl lays its eggs in the places which it inhabits.
        Concerning Animals and Other Matters
        2
        Dr. Shields peered over his spectacles, looking every bit the barn owl.
        Speaks the Nightbird
        3
        Somewhere near Amberley, a barn owl lifted from a stand of phragmites.
        BBC
        4
        The barn owl has been having a difficult time recently, with numbers decreasing.
        BBC
        5
        How often have you seen a barn owl, that wonderful ghost-of-the-night?
        The Irish Times
        Translations for Tyto alba