scops owl

[ skops ]

noun
  1. any of a group of small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call, especially Otus scops(Old World scops owl ) and O. sunia(Oriental scops owl ).

Origin of scops owl

1
1815–25; <New Latin <Greek skṓps little horned owl

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