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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HORNED OWL

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Horned owl is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HORNED OWL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

horned owl

Horned owl

The American horned owls and the Old World eagle-owls make up the genus Bubo, at least as traditionally described. This genus, depending on definition, contains about one or two dozen species of typical owls and is found in many parts of the world. Some of the largest living Strigiformes are in Bubo. Traditionally, only owls with ear-tufts were included here, but that is no longer the case. Eurasian eagle-owl with a rat in its beak.

Definition of horned owl in the English dictionary

The definition of horned owl in the dictionary is any large owl of the genus Bubo, having prominent ear tufts: family Strigidae.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HORNED OWL

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Hornby
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WORDS THAT END LIKE HORNED OWL

barn owl
brown owl
church owl
eagle owl
hawk owl
hoot owl
little owl
long-eared owl
night owl
screech owl
short-eared owl
snowy owl
tawny owl
white owl
wood owl

Synonyms and antonyms of horned owl in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «horned owl» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HORNED OWL

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The translations of horned owl from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «horned owl» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大角猫头鹰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

búho cornudo
570 millions of speakers

English

horned owl
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सींग वाला उल्लू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البومة مقرن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сыч
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coruja horned
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শৃঙ্গাকার উল্ল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

duc d´Amérique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Burung hantu bertanduk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ohreule
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ミミズク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

발 정 올빼미
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Manuk ungu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

con cú có sừng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொம்பு ஆந்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिंगे असलेला घुबड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Boynuzlu baykuş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gufo cornuto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rogate sowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сич
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bufnita coarne
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κερασφόρος κουκουβάγια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

horings uil
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

berguv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hubro
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORNED OWL»

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Great Horned Owl
The Great Horned Owl is a year-round resident over much of the United States and Canada, from dense forests to suburbia and city parks.
Dwight G. Smith, 2002
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The Horned Owl: (L’Assiuolo)
There is a movement in both plays towards a new social situation, a "new society, " as Northrop Frye calls it in his Anatomy of Criticism.24 In some ways, however, The Horned Owl's and La Mandragola's new order is a disquieting one. Love ...
Giovan Maria Cecchi, 1981
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The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas
Approximately two feet long, the Great Horned Owl is the largest breeding owl in Iowa. It can be distinguished by its large size, ear tufts, and resonant low hoots. It is fairly well distributed throughout timbered regions of North and South America  ...
Laura Spess Jackson, Carol A. Thompson, James J. Dinsmore, 1996
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Birds of the Yukon Territory
rgim'anus lGme|in) Our best-known and most frequently encountered owl, the Great Horned Owl may be heard hooting at night at any time of year. Numbers fluctuate widely in response to cycling populations of the Snowshoe Hare, its main ...
Edited by Pamela H. Sinclair, Wendy A. Nixon, Cameron D. Eckert, and Nancy L. Hughes, Pamela H. Sinclair, Wendy A. Nixon, 2011
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Basic Texas Birds: A Field Guide
GREAT HORNED OWL Bubo virginianus BACKGROUND The Great Horn ed Owl is easily the most powerful of the owls found in Texas. An aggressive hunter, it is one of the primary avian predators in the southwestern deserts. The diet of ...
Mark W. Lockwood, 2010
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Birds of Prey
The Great Horned Owl is one of the largest and most powerful of all the North American owls. It is a fearless hunter with excellent hearing and very good vision — even at night. Its large ear tufts, or "horns," give this owl its name. These tufts are ...
Jonathan P. Latimer, Karen Stray Nolting, 1999
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Fifty Common Birds of Oklahoma and the Southern Great Plains
GREAT HORNED OWL (Bubo virginianus) This powerful predator is fairly common throughout Oklahoma. Nowhere is it a familiar dooryard bird, but scattered pairs continue to inhabit woodland not far from ranch houses and busy highways, ...
George Miksch Sutton, 1981
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Spirits of the Air: Birds & American Indians in the South
Like others, the Choctaw associated great horned owls (ishkitini) with witchcraft; they also believed in a supernatural horned owl, Ishkitini, an other-than-human person who undertook lethal nighttime forays against humans and animals.
Shepard Krech, 2009
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Wildlife of Virginia and Maryland and Washington
Great horned owls live in forests, woodlots interspersed with farmland, remote wilderness, suburbs, and cities and towns. The species ranges throughout the Americas. In Virginia and Maryland, the great horned owl is a common resident in all ...
Charles Fergus, 2003
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Mountain Passages: Natural and Cultural History of Western ...
Tsgili is the great-horned owl, which many know as the hoot owl because of its hooting calls. The barred owl is uguku, an onomatopoetic word that mimics the bird's “Who cooks for you?” call. Wahuhi, for the screech owl, is also onomatopoetic ...
George Ellison, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HORNED OWL»

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Horned owl saved from oil - Argus Observer | Ontario, OR: News
At left, a big horned owl was found covered in onion oil at Clay Peak Landfill outside Payette. She was cleaned several times with dish soap, ... «Ontario Argus Observer, Jul 15»
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Three Great Horned Owls rescued in less than 24 hours - Sarasota …
But the area is also known for its wildlife, which includes exotic birds like the Great Horned Owl. In less than a three-day span, three of the ... «WWSB ABC 7, Jul 15»
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A young bald eagle alights in her new home - Jackson Hole …
She is the seventh full-time resident raptor on the education team at Teton Raptor Center, along with Owly the great horned owl and Gus the ... «Jackson Hole News&Guide, Jul 15»
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Enraptured by the raptor: Program flies with focus on birds of prey …
The birds presented at the program include the golden eagle, turkey vulture, great horned owl, red-tailed hawk and peregrine falcon. For Hill ... «Cody Enterprise, Jul 15»
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Where the Wild Things are – the library
This year he brought some familiar animals, including a rattle snake and great horned owl, both of which had been injured, and a young coyote ... «Appeal-Democrat, Jul 15»
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Cargill Wildcare Center provides aid to injured animals
A great horned owl stares into the camera after having its wing re-wrapped for the day at the Cargill Wildcare Center on Wednesday, July 1, ... «Hutchinson News, Jul 15»
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Photo by Michigan DNR
... is available in urban settings, which also offer great protection from natural predators like the great horned owl. In an undeveloped setting, ... «MyNorth.com, Jul 15»
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Okanagan raptor rehab centre still recovering after food source …
OLIVER — A 16-year-old great horned owl named Hoodini has been acting hostile towards the manager and volunteers of the South ... «Globalnews.ca, Jul 15»
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Horned Owl rescued
This immature great horned owl was found stuck in a soccer net on the campus of Misericordia University in Dallas on Friday morning. «Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, Jul 15»
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With habitat destroyed by fires, B.C. owl searches for new home
He was forced out of his home by a wildfire. Now, it's not clear where Norman, a young Great Horned Owl, will be moving to next. Norman was ... «Globalnews.ca, Jul 15»

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