: any of an order (Strigiformes) of chiefly nocturnal birds of prey with a large head and eyes, short hooked bill, strong talons, and soft fluffy often brown-mottled plumage
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The interdisciplinary artist has eyes similar to an owl’s, black, wide, and sparkling with clarity.
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Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
The short is inspired by the true events of a tiny owl rescued from New York City’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in 2020.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2024
An old box hedge running down one side of the garden had been turned into a procession including an owl, a pig, two rabbits, a hen, a goose, a duck, a snail, a dove, some Barbara Hepworth-style abstracts, and a basking shark.
—Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Stuck to the nose of the gray machine is a yellow emblem of an owl, wings spread and grasping a sword – the unmistakable logo of Ukraine’s defense intelligence, the GUR.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
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Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
The short is inspired by the true events of a tiny owl rescued from New York City’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in 2020.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2024
An old box hedge running down one side of the garden had been turned into a procession including an owl, a pig, two rabbits, a hen, a goose, a duck, a snail, a dove, some Barbara Hepworth-style abstracts, and a basking shark.
—Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Stuck to the nose of the gray machine is a yellow emblem of an owl, wings spread and grasping a sword – the unmistakable logo of Ukraine’s defense intelligence, the GUR.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Owl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/owl. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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noun
: any of an order of birds of prey that are active mainly at night and that have a broad head, very large eyes, and a powerful hooked beak and claws
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