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little owl

noun

  1. a small, European owl, Athene noctua, often portrayed in art with the goddess Athena.


little owl

noun

  1. a small Old World owl, Athene noctua, having a speckled brown plumage and flattish head
“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 little owl1

First recorded in 1550–60
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Example Sentences

The soft hoot of a little owl came through the dusk, and between its calls the men's voices rose and fell.

In a tower of the old fort lived a pair of the Eastern little owl (Athene bactriana), which appeared to live principally on voles.

Wherever Pezpeza goes, the little owl always comes and sits near-by upon some convenient mound.

To you and me she would have seemed the merest little brown sprout of a thing, almost nothing but two big eyes—like a little owl.

Like the Little Owl, it affects the neighbourhood of man, though it may be found in ruins and similar localities.

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