Nyctale Tengmalmi); -- so called from a superstition of the North American Indians that its note presages death.' name='description'> deathbird - definition and meaning

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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) Tengmalm's or Richardson's owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi); -- so called from a superstition of the North American Indians that its note presages death.

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