| 单词 | prairie owl |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprairie owl prairie owl n. an owl found on the prairies; esp. the burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia, or the short-eared owl, Asio flammeus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > athene cunicularia (burrowing owl) burrowing owl1757 prairie owl1846 the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > genus Asio > asio flammeus (short-eared owl) hawk-owl1747 short-eared owl1766 mouse hawk1772 woodcock owl1840 prairie owl1846 fern-owl1885 1846 R. B. Sage Scenes Rocky Mts. xii. 110 The prairie-owl and rattlesnake maintain friendly relations with these inoffensive villagers [sc. prairie-dogs]. 1860 C. W. Wilson Mapping Frontier (1970) ii. 108 Nothing to disturb me but the melancholy note of the prairie owl. 1876 J. H. Simpson Rep. Explor. Great Basin Utah (U.S. Army Corps Topogr. Engineers) 377 Speotyto cunicularia var. hypugæa, Coues.—Prairie Owl. Fort Kearney; Platte Creek; Horse Creek, Utah; 4 specimens. 1953 Chillicothe (Missouri) Constitution-Tribune 23 Feb. 1/4 A number of marsh hawks and prairie owls were scared up. 2000 Grand Forks (N. Dakota) Herald 27 June a5 They pointed to a large, short-eared owl who was hunting in the tall grass. It was a prairie owl. < as lemmas |
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