a streaked, buffy brown, cosmopolitan owl, Asio flammeus, having very short tufts of feathers on each side of the head.
Also called prairie owl.
Origin of short-eared owl
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
Words nearby short-eared owl
shortcut, short-dated, short-day, short-day plant, short division, short-eared owl, short elevator muscle of rib, shorten, shortened form, shortening, Shorter