acadian owl

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acadian owl - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Acadian \A*ca"di*an\, a.
     Of or pertaining to Acadia, or Nova Scotia. "Acadian
     farmers." --Longfellow. -- n. A native of Acadie.
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     Acadian epoch (Geol.), an epoch at the beginning of the
        American paleozoic time, and including the oldest American
        rocks known to be fossiliferous. See Geology.
  
     Acadian owl (Zool.), a small North American owl (Nyctule  Acadica
        ); the saw-whet.
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  Saw-whet \Saw"-whet`\, n. (Zool.)
     A small North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of
     ear tufts and having feathered toes; -- called also Acadian owl
     .
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