barred owl


noun

a large owl, Strix varia, of eastern North America, having its breast barred and abdomen streaked with dark brown.

Origin of barred owl

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example sentences from the Web for barred owl

  • Their signals were arranged—in the woods the barred-owl cry, by the water the loon; and they parted.

    Rolf In The Woods |Ernest Thompson Seton