The Collaborative International Dictionary
Saw-whet
Saw-whet \Saw"-whet`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small North American owl ( Nyctale Acadica), destitute of ear tufts and having feathered toes; -- called also Acadian owl.
Usage examples of "saw-whet".
Somewhere in the darkness up the canyon she could hear the odd screeching call of a saw-whet owl, hunting nocturnal rodents.
He heard a saw-whet owl high in the cliffs, a cry as shrill as metal rubbing metal.
They dressed in the colors of sparrows and doves but more closely resembled, Erasmus thought, a family of saw-whet owls.