scops owl

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Etymology

From Latin scops, from Ancient Greek σκώψ (skṓps, “a type of small owl”), from σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”), from σκέπτομαι (sképtomai, “I look at”).

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scops owl (plural scops owls)

  1. A small European migratory owl, Otus scops, that winters in sub-Saharran Africa.
  2. Any owl of the Old World genus Otus.

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