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Meanings of owl in English
Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.
Spanish
owl Usage of owl in English
1
Thank you for coming in our hour of need, the owl whispered.
2
The sun had set; an owl began to hoot in the wood.
3
Yet the owl's words had pierced her, inscribed knowledge on her heart.
4
Thunder growled in the distance; an owl hooted in the Pieman's tree.
5
She wanted to know more about the owl and asked Rocket questions.
6
The mouse was in constant fear of the cat and the owl.
7
For they shall be greater even than at the time of Sup-ab-owl.
8
The owl hooted at night, and the whippoorwill called in the twilight.
9
The barn owl lays its eggs in the places which it inhabits.
10
On one world an owl hooted, for reasons best known to itself.
11
A moment later they heard the single, unexpected hoot of an owl.
12
Thereupon the owl sat down in the sand and went to work.
13
And thought for the first time in months of the Ventnor owl.
14
Probably the cry was that of an owl; it came no more.
15
Although rare, owl attacks are not unheard of across the United States.
16
Now the owl down in the country is such a solemn creature.
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Owl across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common