| 单词 | arctic owl |
| 释义 | > as lemmasArctic owl Arctic owl n. any of several owls of the family Strigidae of northern or Arctic regions; esp. (in later use) the snowy owl, Nyctea scandiaca, the male of which is entirely white and the female white with darker markings. ΚΠ ?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. VIII. 94 The Arctic Owl.—Body rusty-brown, above spotted with black, beneath streaked with narrow brown lines... Inhabits northern Sweden; eighteen inches long. 1879 Scribner's Monthly Nov. 94/1 An Arctic owl will perceive a hare upon the snow..three times as far as the keenest-eyed Chippewa. 1930 Nature Mag. Mar. 146 The beautiful snowy or arctic owl, Nyctea nyctea, of circumpolar range, is another friend who suffers unduly at the hands of man. 2002 B. McNab Physiol. Ecol. Vertebr. xi. 346/1 Arctic owls, such as the snowy (Nyctea scandiaca), hawk (Surnia ulula), and great gray owls (Strix nebulosa), are facultatively diurnal in summer. < as lemmas |
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