| 单词 | grey owl |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrey owl grey owl n. any of several grey-brown owls; esp. the tawny owl, Strix aluco, or (in later use) (U.S.) the eastern screech owl, Megascops (or Otus) asio. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > genus Strix > strix aluco (tawny owl) jenny whooper1600 aluco1657 grey owl1673 ivy-owl1674 brown owl1678 tawny owl1766 wood-owl1809 hoot owl1885 1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 83 The common gray or Ivy-Owl. 1772 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 386 (heading) Strix, 8. Nebulosa. New Species. The grey Owl. 1846 J. Brown Amer. Angler's Guide (ed. 2) vi. 105 The cream colored feather of the gray owl. 1900 Trans. Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Soc. 7 582 In my memory there were twenty Grey Owls, (the Tawny Owl..) where there are now one. 1939 Morning Herald (Uniontown, Pa.) 12 Apr. 7/7 Two workmen discovered a gray owl, its wingspan estimated to exceed three feet. 2008 T. Warhol Owls iii. 29 The gray owls usually make their daytime roosts at the bases of branches near the trunks of trees. < as lemmas |
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