scops owl

noun

any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call

• Hypernyms: ↑owl, ↑bird of Minerva, ↑bird of night, ↑hooter

• Hyponyms: ↑Old World scops owl, ↑Otus scops, ↑Oriental scops owl, ↑Otus sunia

• Member Holonyms: ↑Otus, ↑genus Otus

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\\ˈskäps-\ noun

Etymology: scops from New Latin Scops, genus of owls, from Greek skōps, a kind of owl

: a small eared owl of Otus or a related genus

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/skops/

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

[1815-25; < NL < Gk skóps little horned owl]

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Scops owl /skops owl/

noun

Any of various owls of the genus Otus

ORIGIN: Gr skōps

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[skäps]

n. a small owl with distinctive ear tufts, found in Europe, Africa, and Asia. ● Genus Otus, family Strigidae: many species, in particular the widespread Eurasian scops owl (O. scops)

Origin:

early 18th cent.: scops from modern Latin Scops (former genus name), from Greek skōps