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barn owl
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The barn owl ( Tyto alba ) is the most widely distributed species of owl , and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as the common barn owl , to distinguish it from other species in its family , Tytonidae , which forms one of the ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Barn \Barn\ (b[aum]rn), n. [OE. bern, AS. berern, bern; bere barley + ern, [ae]rn, a close place. [root]92. See Barley .] A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control [syn: Tyto alba ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An owl of the genus ''Tyto'', often having a white face and commonly found in barns and other farm buildings.
Usage examples of barn owl.
Donner warns the hijackers not to come by faking the screech of the barn owl.
Looking round again, he saw a barn owl, its pale, heart-shaped face shining in a patch of moonlight.
She kept her back to Harry all the time he was tying his letter to the leg of a large barn owl.
When the barn owl had flown off, Harry reached out to stroke Hedwig, but she clicked her beak furiously and soared up into the rafters out of reach.
He spotted it at once: a dazed and ruffled-looking barn owl was sitting outside on the kitchen sill, having just collided with the closed window.
A barn owl flew almost silently toward the ruined church, where it alighted on the belfry with an eerie cry.
For all his love of the animal world--or perhaps because of it--Doc felt he deserved as much as the Red Fox or the Barn Owl to be a carnivore, if it was in his nature to be so.