| 单词 | white owl |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite owl white owl n. any of several owls of a predominantly white colour, esp. the barn owl, Tyto alba, and the snowy owl, Nyctea scandiaca. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Tytonidae > tyto alba (barn owl) shritch?a1500 scritch owl1510 shritch-owl1538 strich1552 screech owl1567 shriek-owl1567 madge?1576 lich-owl1585 lich-fowl1611 jill-hooter1668 white owl1672 barn owl1674 church owl1678 aluco1753 padge1848 cherubim1864 squinch-owl1880 monkey-facec1940 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 which is no bigger than a Thrush. 1770 G. White Let. 12 May in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 81 I have known a dove-house infested by a pair of white owls, which made great havock among the young pigeons. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Song Owl 7 Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. 1932 A. Bell Cherry Tree (1985) xiv. 182 All around stood the still trees, their nearest boughs just dipping in the light... Cock pheasants cackled in alarm; a white owl floated away. 2002 D. G. Smith Great Horned Owl i. 14 Also called the White Owl, the Snowy Owl averages 23 inches (58 centimeters) in length. < as lemmas |
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