Definitions
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- n. Plural form of owlet.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The family of owls in the elm outside her bedroom window had built a nest, and perhaps there would be owlets soon.
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Soren, a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie's, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers.
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They look like owlets startled by the bright light.
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In this popular picture book, Martin Waddell tells a lackluster story about the separation anxiety that strikes three fluffy white owlets that are left alone one night when their mother flies off to hunt for food.
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Mrs. H. read up that if the owlets fall out the nest they're a goner as the parents stop feeding them, which is obviously why it was trying to get back....
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A Great Horned Owl has established a nest with two owlets in a spruce tree next to the university science building.
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The adult owls are handsome, dignified creatures, but the owlets look like something a teddy bear designer might dream up after a weeklong binge.
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And was relieved to find the two owlets sitting apart, but in the same tree.
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But we stayed with our plan, settling the fuzzy owlets in the crotch of a large tree by the kiddie playground.
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Ever since the largest of three owlets fledged and flew off.
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