Definition of bird of minerva Bird of minerva
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| bird of minerva - nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes | ||
| owl, bird of Minerva, bird of night, hooter | ||
| bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals | ||
| order strigiformes, strigiformes owls | ||
| owlet young owl | ||
| athene noctua, little owl small European owl | ||
| horned owl large owls having prominent ear tufts | ||
| great gray owl, great grey owl, strix nebulosa large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia | ||
| strix aluco, tawny owl reddish-brown European owl having a round head with black eyes | ||
| barred owl, strix varia large owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown | ||
| otus asio, screech owl small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle | ||
| screech owl small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle | ||
| scops owl any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call | ||
| spotted owl, strix occidentalis a large owl of North America found in forests from British Columbia to central Mexico; has dark brown plumage and a heavily spotted chest | ||
| hoot owl any owl that hoots as distinct from screeching | ||
| hawk owl, surnia ulula grey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere | ||
| asio otus, long-eared owl slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts | ||
| laughing owl, sceloglaux albifacies, laughing jackass almost extinct owl of New Zealand | ||
| barn owl, tyto alba mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control | ||
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