Brown Owl

¹

noun

1. a name (no longer in official use) for Brownie Guider

brown owl

²

noun

1. another name for tawny owl

Example Sentences

The habitat of the medium-sized brown owl with white spots on its head and chest and a barred tail is under serious threat from current logging practices and climate change, including increased drought, disease and more extreme wildfires.

From Seattle Times

Sitting on the counter is a huge cookie jar in the shape of a brown owl.

From Literature

At that moment a brown owl’s call sounded from the opposite wood.

From Literature

In a Brownie troop the Snowy Owl is an adult who helps the leader of the troop, the Brown Owl.

From BBC

I wonder whether this was the type consumed in the widely reported story of the brown owl of Pforzheim, Germany.

From Washington Post