| 单词 | great grey owl |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreat grey owl great grey owl n. †(a) the great horned owl, Bubo virginianus (obsolete rare); (b) a very large grey owl with a large facial disc, Strix nebulosa, of northern coniferous forests in both Eurasia and North America. ΚΠ 1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 12 The Owl, Avis devia, which are of three kinds; the great Gray Owl with Ears, the little Gray Owl, and the White Owl. 1832 T. Nuttall Man. Ornithol. U.S. & Canada: Land Birds 128 Great Grey or Cinereous Owl. Strix cinerea... This is the largest American species known. 1885 J. S. Kingsley Standard Nat. Hist. (1888) IV. 345 The great gray owl, Syrnium cinereum, an extremely rare winter visitor to the northern United States. 1930 Nature Mag. Mar. 148/1 The great gray owl, Scotiaptex nebulosa, is the largest though not the heaviest of our owls. 2004 BirdWatch Canada Winter 16/2 At 20 stops, they had 14 Northern Saw-whet owls, 2 barred owls..and a Great Gray Owl! < as lemmas |
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