a European owl, Strix aluco, having a reddish-brown or grey plumage, black eyes, and a round head
Also called: brown owl, wood owl
Tawny Owl in British English
noun
a name (no longer in use) for an assistant Brownie Guider
Examples of 'tawny owl' in a sentence
tawny owl
The call of a young tawny owl.
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The best view of a tawny owl one is likely to get is when driving up to a country house at night.
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Young tawny owls are out and about and can sometimes be seen in daytime.
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They are like slightly smaller tawny owls with ear tufts and bright orange eyes.
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I go to sleep to the sound of tawny owls and awaken to green pastures.
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A huge tawny owl had landed on the patio table.
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She kept tropical fish but also liked a little tawny owl that lived in her garden and would take her grandchildren for forest walks and shell collecting.
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A tawny owl sits in a tree partly hidden by ivy, indifferent to the walkers below.
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A 20-year-old tawny owl has astonished conservationists by becoming the oldest breeding female found in the wild.
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The best-known of the British owls is the tawny owl.