| 单词 | bird of night |
| 释义 | bird of night (once / 65301 pages) n WORD FAMILY bird of night: birds of night USAGE EXAMPLESMeanwhile it grew darker; and the brook rushed louder; and the birds of night began to shoot, with fitful wing, along their mazy courses. Carlyle, Thomas, Translations from the German (Vol 3...(2012) "The bird of night may have flown past the house," he reflected, straining his ear to catch a repetition of the sound. Franzos, Karl Emil, For the Right(2011) The object was defended, so the writer affirmed, by 'the Dark Birds of Night,' who resisted the master's approach in all possible and impossible manners. Machen, Arthur, The Secret Glory(2011) n nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes Syn|Hypo|Hyper bird of Minerva, hooter, owl owlet young owl Athene noctua, little owlsmall European owl horned owllarge owls having prominent ear tufts Strix nebulosa, great gray owl, great grey owllarge dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia Strix aluco, tawny owlreddish-brown European owl having a round head with black eyes Strix varia, barred owllarge owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown Otus asio, screech owlsmall North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle screech owlany owl that has a screeching cry scops owlany of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call Strix occidentalis, spotted owla large owl of North America found in forests from British Columbia to central Mexico; has dark brown plumage and a heavily spotted chest hoot owlany owl that hoots as distinct from screeching Surnia ulula, hawk owlgrey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere Asio otus, long-eared owlslender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts Sceloglaux albifacies, laughing jackass, laughing owlalmost extinct owl of New Zealand Tyto alba, barn owlmottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control Bubo virginianus, great horned owlbrown North American horned owl Old World scops owl, Otus scopsEuropean scops owl Oriental scops owl, Otus suniaAsian scops owl bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals |
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