barred owl

noun

large owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown

• Syn: ↑Strix varia

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

• Member Holonyms: ↑Strix, ↑genus Strix

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noun

: a large American owl (Strix varia or Syrnium varium) with bars of dark brown on the breast

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a large owl, Strix varia, of eastern North America, having its breast barred and abdomen streaked with dark brown.

[1805-15, Amer.]

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barred owl,

a large, grayish-brown owl, with striped feathers on the breast. It lives especially in thickly wooded areas of eastern North America.

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n. large gray-brown North American owl with brown eyes and a barred pattern across the chest. ● Strix varia, family Strigidae