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单词 short-eared owl
释义

short-eared owl

noun

ˈshȯrt-ˌird- How to pronounce short-eared owl (audio)
: a medium-sized nearly cosmopolitan owl (Asio flammeus) that has very short ear tufts and usually nests on the ground

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Worcester County: Observers spotted three wood ducks in Westminster, and three sandhill cranes and a short-eared owl at Bolton Flats Wildlife Management Area in Bolton. BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2022 The short-eared owl can be found in prairies and wetlands, unlike most other owls who live in forests, Williams said. Megan Marples, CNN, 13 Feb. 2022 The notables were two cackling geese at the campus pond on the UMass campus in Amherst, a short-eared owl at the Honey Pot in Hadley, and a clay-colored sparrow in Easthampton. BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2022 Recent bird sightings as reported to the Mass. Audubon Society:Greater Boston: A stilt sandpiper and a short-eared owl were seen in the Summer Street sector of Belle Isle Marsh in Winthrop. BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2019 There were two Northern harriers and a short-eared owl at Southwick Wildlife Management Area, a rough-legged hawk along Old Greenfield Road in Montague, two merlins along Edendale Street in Springfield, and an Eastern phoebe at the Hadley Cove. BostonGlobe.com, 2 Feb. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1766, in the meaning defined above

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