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barn owl

noun

  1. a yellowish-brown and white owl, Tyto alba, often inhabiting barns and other buildings.


barn owl

noun

  1. any owl of the genus Tyto , esp T. alba , having a pale brown and white plumage, long slender legs, and a heart-shaped face: family Tytonidae
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of barn owl1

First recorded in 1665–75
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Example Sentences

A little screech owl tuned up in the distance, a barn owl replied, and a great horned owl drowned both their voices.

A boy who had a half-grown barn owl tried him one day to see how many mice he would eat.

One barn owl had thirty-nine locusts, twenty-two other insects, and one mouse which it had just taken.

The nest of the Barn Owl is a rude structure placed in the bird's daily haunt.

This species is much more common than the Barn Owl in many districts, although it is decreasing in others.

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