Thesaurus / owl
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As a result, this abundant species is a critical resource for fish owls in winter.
THE QUEST TO SNARE—AND SAVE—THE WORLD’S LARGEST OWLJONATHAN SLAGHTAUGUST 28, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEThe owl would see the fish, approach for a closer look, and get caught.
THE QUEST TO SNARE—AND SAVE—THE WORLD’S LARGEST OWLJONATHAN SLAGHTAUGUST 28, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEIt was right around this time, when I’d come to terms with our failures, that we caught our first owl.
THE QUEST TO SNARE—AND SAVE—THE WORLD’S LARGEST OWLJONATHAN SLAGHTAUGUST 28, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEWe’d still made some progress this year, even if we hadn’t caught any owls.
THE QUEST TO SNARE—AND SAVE—THE WORLD’S LARGEST OWLJONATHAN SLAGHTAUGUST 28, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEEither the resident fish owls were not interested in the frozen marine fish we offered as lures or the birds were unwilling to walk under the suspicious netted domes to investigate them.
THE QUEST TO SNARE—AND SAVE—THE WORLD’S LARGEST OWLJONATHAN SLAGHTAUGUST 28, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEThe old owl no longer hooted, and the water-oaks had ceased to moan as they bent their heads.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINNow under the ivy-laden branches of a tall old tree an owl startles them with its shriek.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUHe peers out through his black-rimmed eyeglasses with the solemnity of an owl—but you should hear his songs!
THE REAL LATIN QUARTERF. BERKELEY SMITHOthers sit, on the full stare, eyes fixed as those of an owl, upon the speaker.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYA contemporary pamphleteer compared him to an owl in the sunshine pursued and pecked to death by flights of tiny birds.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYWORDS RELATED TO OWL
- bandits
- burglars
- cat burglars
- cheats
- clips
- criminals
- crooks
- defalcators
- embezzlers
- heisters
- highway robbers
- hijackers
- holdup artists
- housebreakers
- kleptomaniacs
- larceners
- larcenists
- lifters
- moonlighters
- muggers
- owls
- pickpockets
- pilferers
- pirates
- plunderers
- porch climbers
- prowlers
- punks
- purloiners
- robbers
- scroungers
- shoplifters
- snipers
- spiders
- stealers
- stickup artists
- swindlers
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