masked owl
noun
Any of several Australasian and Indonesian barn owls having the facial disc outlined in black; especially Tyto novaehollandiae of Australia and New Guinea.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Gould (1804–1881), ornithologist and publisher.
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