owl

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see also: OWL

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /aʊl/

Noun

owl (plural owls)

1. Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing. [from 8th c.]
2. (by extension) A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active. [from 14th c.]

   Antonyms: lark

3. The owl pigeon. [from 18th c.]
4. (politics, uncommon) A politician with moderate views that are neither hawkish nor dovish.
5. Any of various nymphalid butterflies having large eyespots on the wings.

Translations

• French: hibou, chouette
• German: Eule, Uhu, Eulenvogel (order Strigiformes)
• Italian: gufo (big), civetta (small)
• Portuguese: coruja, estrige
• Russian: сова́
• Spanish: búho, lechuza, tecolote (Mexico), mochuelo (Spain), autillo (Spain), cárabo (Spain), cuco (Cuba), sijú cotunto (Cuba), caburé (Argentina), chuncho (Argentina), anteojo (Peru), tucúquere (Peru)

Verb

owl (owls, present participle owling; past and past participle owled)

1. (archaic, intransitive) To smuggle contraband goods.

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OWL

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Noun

owl (plural owls)

1. (computer languages) Initialism of Web Ontology Language

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