a small spotted brown Australian owl, Ninox boobook
boobook in American English
(ˈbuːbuk, -buːk)
noun
a small, reddish-brown spotted owl, Ninox boobook, native to Australia and New Zealand
Word origin
[1795–1805; ‹ Dharuk bokbok (imit.)]This word is first recorded in the period 1795–1805. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: crunch, sensitivity, steeplechase, unilateral, wrecker