owl has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] (zoology) nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes

Used in print

(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)

`` We found some owls had built a nest in the chimney , milord , but I promise you you 'll never have trouble of that sort again '' .

`` Mars and Venus , Bacchus and Ariadne , Jupiter and Io , Byron and the nymph of the owl 's nest .

Was n't the owl her symbol '' ?

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