owl
- noun
- B2
- Top 10000
A bird with a large round head, big eyes that both look forward and a short hooked beak, which hunts small animals at night.
An owl called again and again somewhere deep in the woods.
Owls can turn their heads almost the whole way round.
A pair of owls nested in the hollow trunk of a dead tree.
Its soft feathers let an owl fly almost without any sound.
Common collocations: a barn owl · an owl hoots · a snowy owl · wise as an owl · an owl's call
Part of: Animals
Forms
- plural
- owls