Any bird of prey of the order Strigiformes (which comprises the families Strigidae and Tytonidae), typically nocturnal and characterized by a large…

= owl, n.

An animal, esp. a cat or an owl, that catches mice.

An owl, owlet.

A bird that is chiefly (or only) heard or seen at night; esp. an owl, a nightingale, a petrel, or (English regional (Sussex)) a moorhen.

An owl; esp. a young or small owl. Also spec.: any of several small owls of the genera Glaucidium, Athene, and Xenoglaux.

An owl which is active at night.

Used as a prefix to denote a female animal, as jenny-ass, and esp. in names of birds, as jenny-hooper, jenny-howlet, and sometimes loosely applied…

humorous and in children's speech. (A name for) an owl. rare.

(a) the cuckoo, Cuculus canorus; †(b) an owl (obsolete rare).

(a) a person or animal that catches mice; †(b) derogatory a deceiver, a trickster (obsolete).

an owl.

One who or that which hoots. A person or animal that hoots: esp. an owl.

An owl.

With qualifications (or contextually) applied to some animals of similar appearance, as civet-cat, n., musk cat, n., polecat, n., etc.; and in…

An owl: cf. hobhouchin, n.

a bird of ill omen, esp. an owl.