burrowing owl
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English
Noun
burrowing owl (plural burrowing owls)
- A small owl of the Americas (Athene cunicularia or Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in holes, often dug by prairie dogs.
- Synonym: shoco, burrow owl, howdy-ow, howdy owl
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References
- “burrow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.