= shritch-owl, n.

The common barn owl, Tyto alba; = screech owl, n. 1. Now archaic or regional.

= shriek-owl, n.

The screech-owl.

The common barn owl, Tyto alba, whose call resembles a piercing scream and was formerly regarded as an evil omen.

The screech-owl.

More fully madge-owl, madge-owlet, madge-howlet. An owl, esp. the barn owl, Tyto alba. In later use British regional.

The screech-owl, so called because its cry was supposed to portend death in the house.

= lich-owl, n.

An owl.

any of several owls of a predominantly white colour, esp. the barn owl, Tyto alba, and the snowy owl, Nyctea scandiaca.

a British bird of prey (Strix flammea), also called White, Church, and Screech Owl.

The barn owl, Tyto alba.

An owl; esp. the tawny owl, Strix aluco.

The barn owl, Tyto alba. Also padge-owl.

transferred. Applied to persons. a provincial name of the Barn Owl.

= screech owl, n. 1b.

U.S. regional. The barn owl, Tyto alba. Also monkey-face owl. Cf. monkey-faced owl n. at monkey-faced, adj. compounds.