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单词 horned owl
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Definition of horned owl in English:

horned owl

(also great horned owl)
noun
  • A large owl found throughout North and South America, with hornlike ear tufts.

    鵰鸮,美洲鵰鸮

    Bubo virginianus, family Strigidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And at 39 I can still clearly remember the first time I heard a tree speak or felt moved to look into a tree and was rewarded with a horned owl looking back at me.
    • Most great horned owls are brown and white which helps when hiding in trees and branches.
    • An anthropologist recently pleaded that we should treat the threatened death of a primitive language with as much concern and sympathy as we show snail darters and horned owls and other near-extinct species of animal life.
    • Female great horned owls lay one to six eggs, usually two, and incubate them for around a month.
    • The great horned owl likes open areas the best or sometimes nesting areas close to the edge of the forest.
    • He also discovered that some important protected species like the horned owl were hunted for black magic rituals and sorcery, such as the practice of certain tribes that use the owls to purify ‘amulets’ during their street performances.
    • Nicknamed the tiger with wings, the great horned owl is a fearless and feared bird of prey.
    • When you get back from a walk in the woods or countryside at dusk, and hear the deep bass ‘WO-wo-wo-o-o-o’ of the dusky horned owl, you know that all is well and that the night shift has made its claim.
    • Great horned owls are the largest owls in North America, with females obtaining a wingspan of five feet and weighing up to five pounds.
    • The great horned owl is probably best known for the large tufts of feathers on its head that look like horns.
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