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    BIRD OF MINERVA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyesplay

    Synonyms:

    bird of Minerva; bird of night; hooter; owl

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("bird of Minerva" is a kind of...):

    bird of prey; raptor; raptorial bird (any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bird of Minerva"):

    owlet (young owl)

    Athene noctua; little owl (small European owl)

    horned owl (large owls having prominent ear tufts)

    great gray owl; great grey owl; Strix nebulosa (large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia)

    Strix aluco; tawny owl (reddish-brown European owl having a round head with black eyes)

    barred owl; Strix varia (large owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown)

    Otus asio; screech owl (small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle)

    screech owl (any owl that has a screeching cry)

    scops owl (any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call)

    spotted owl; Strix occidentalis (a large owl of North America found in forests from British Columbia to central Mexico; has dark brown plumage and a heavily spotted chest)

    hoot owl (any owl that hoots as distinct from screeching)

    hawk owl; Surnia ulula (grey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere)

    Asio otus; long-eared owl (slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts)

    laughing jackass; laughing owl; Sceloglaux albifacies (almost extinct owl of New Zealand)

    barn owl; Tyto alba (mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control)

    Holonyms ("bird of Minerva" is a member of...):

    order Strigiformes; Strigiformes (owls)

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