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little owl
noun
- a small, European owl, Athene noctua, often portrayed in art with the goddess Athena.
little owl
noun
- a small Old World owl, Athene noctua, having a speckled brown plumage and flattish head
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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.
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In a tower of the old fort lived a pair of the Eastern little owl (Athene bactriana), which appeared to live principally on voles.
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Wherever Pezpeza goes, the little owl always comes and sits near-by upon some convenient mound.
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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.
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Like the Little Owl, it affects the neighbourhood of man, though it may be found in ruins and similar localities.
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