Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as owlet.

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

  • noun (Zoöl.) An owl; an owlet.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An owl; an owlet.

Etymologies

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Equivalent to owlet, influenced by howl. Compare French hulotte and Old High German hwela, hiuwela.

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  • Also an owlet.

    July 3, 2008