elf owl
noun
: a very small insectivorous owl (Micrathene whitneyi) of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico that roosts and nests in the cavities of trees and saguaro cacti
Word History
First Known Use
1887, in the meaning defined above
- King's Scholar
- King's Scout
- king's shilling
- King's silver
- king's spear
- King's X
- king's yellow
- king's-fern
- king's-ferns
- king's-fruit
- king's-fruits
- king-emperor
- king-in-council
- king-in-parliament
- king-killer
- king-of-the-herrings
- king-of-the-salmon
- king-post truss
- king-size
- king-sized
- kingbird
- kingbirds
- kingbolt
- kingbolts
- kingcraft