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HOOTER
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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 eyes
Synonyms:
bird of Minerva; bird of night; hooter; owl
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hooter" 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 "hooter"):
barn owl; Tyto alba (mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control)
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)
Holonyms ("hooter" is a member of...):
order Strigiformes; Strigiformes (owls)
Derivation:
hoot (utter the characteristic sound of owls)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A device on an automobile for making a warning noise
Synonyms:
automobile horn; car horn; hooter; horn; motor horn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hooter" is a kind of...):
alarm; alarm system; warning device (a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event)
Meronyms (parts of "hooter"):
horn button (a button that you press to activate the horn of an automobile)
Holonyms ("hooter" is a part of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
Derivation:
hoot (to utter a loud clamorous shout)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Informal terms for the nose
Synonyms:
beak; honker; hooter; nozzle; schnoz; schnozzle; snoot; snout
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hooter" is a kind of...):
nose; olfactory organ (the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
