| 单词 | spotted owl |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspotted owl spotted owl n. †(a) North American the snowy owl, Nyctea scandiaca (or Bubo scandiacus) (obsolete); (b) a large owl of forests in western North America, Strix occidentalis, which has dark brown plumage with white spots and barring; see also northern spotted owl n. at northern adj., n., and adv. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > nyctea nivea (snowy-owl) harfang1774 snowy owl1781 spotted owl1785 wapacuthu1785 snow-owl1811 snowy1904 the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > other types of spotted owl1785 spectacle owl1787 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. 232 Called by the Indians, Wapacuthu, or the Spotted Owl. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Wapacut, the spotted owl of Hudson's Bay. 1896 R. Ridgway Man. N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 259 (heading) S. occidentale Xantus. Spotted owl. 1961 R. T. Peterson Field Guide W. Birds (ed. 2) 162 Spotted owl... A large dark-brown forest owl with a puffy round head. 2003 Birder's World Apr. 16/1 The Species at Risk Act..provides protections for the Spotted Owl, Piping Plover, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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