eagle owln.
/ˈiːɡl aʊl/, U.S. /ˈiɡəl ˌaʊl/ A very large owl with ear tufts and a deep hoot, Bubo bubo, which is widespread in Europe and Asia and is the largest living owl (more fully Eurasian eagle owl, European eagle owl); (later also) any of several other large Old World owls of the genus Bubo.
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horn-owl1601
horn-coot1650
duke1656
eagle owl1678
stock owla1688
Grand Duke1796
1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 99 The great Horn-Owl or Eagle-Owl [L. de Bubone, The great Horn-Owl or Eagle-Owl].
1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 71 The great eagle owl has once been shot in Yorkshire.
1849 A. E. Knox Ornithol. Rambles Sussex 186 There has been for many years a magnificent living collection of Eagle owls at Arundel Castle.
1874 H. M. Labouchere & W. Jesse tr. A. E. Brehm Bird-life vi. iv. 544 Crows and Rooks mob the Honey Buzzard with almost the same eagerness as they chase the Eagle Owl.
1922 Condor 24 103/2 Our Eagle Owl is a powerful bird, nocturnal, and found over a large part of western Asia and Europe and North Africa.
1952 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 34/2 In the brooding distance an eagle-owl uttered its moaning cry: Boo-boo-boo.
2010 Independent 13 Mar. 23/1 The European eagle owl, which has a 2m (6ft) wingspan and is a metre tall, flew from its aviary..on Sunday evening.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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