owl
Example Sentences
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Visitors view other butterflies behind an owl butterfly, foreground.
From Los Angeles Times
A couple of old screech owls swooped up a hedgerow, looking for mice.
From Literature
Noises boomed unnaturally loud: the gurgle of the river, the hoo-hoo of an owl; the famished yipping of that infuriating cub.
From Literature
Home to hundreds of different flowers, the hillsides of Conejo Open Space are covered in yellow monkeyflowers, lupine, California poppies and owl’s clover.
From Los Angeles Times
Possibilities, subject to a public consultation, include badgers and otters as well as frogs, hedgehogs, barn owls and newts.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
