Acadian owl

noun

1. (in former systems of nomenclature) the saw-whet owl.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Acadian owl¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

By rare luck you may hear the little Acadian owl filing his invisible saw, but you are likelier to see him and mistake him for a clot of last year's leaves lodged midway in their fall to earth.

From Project Gutenberg

In the course of another ten minutes a light was seen glowing through the trees, and immediately the abbé hooted thrice, imitating perfectly the note of the little Acadian owl.

From Project Gutenberg

It has since been ascertained that this singular note proceeds from the Acadian Owl.

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