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单词 marsh owl
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marsh owl
marsh owl n. a medium-sized, predominantly brown owl, Asio capensis, which occurs chiefly in southern and eastern Africa (also more fully African marsh owl, Algerian marsh owl); (also) the similar short-eared owl, Asio flammeus (now rare).
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1856 J. Cassin Illustr. N. Amer. Birds 182 (heading) Otus brachyotus. (Forster.) The Short-eared Owl. The Marsh Owl.
1903 A. C. Stark & W. L. Sclater Birds S. Afr. III. 241 Asio capensis. Marsh owl.
1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. II. 101 Short-eared Owl... Other Names.—Marsh Owl; Swamp Owl; Prairie Owl.
1943 C. G. D. Roberts in A. J. M. Smith Bk. Canad. Poetry iii. 180 All the calm night long, Winnowing soft grey wings of marsh-owls wander and wander.
1953 D. A. Bannerman Birds West & Equatorial Afr. I. 531 Algerian marsh owl Asio capensis tingitanus (Loche)... This Marsh Owl may be distinguished from the Short-eared Owl, which it closely resembles in size..by the uniform earth-brown colour of the plumage.
1996 Alauda 64 451 On occurrence and diet of the Marsh Owl Asio capensis in the Merja Zerga, northwest Morocco.
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