scops owl

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

  Scops owl \Scops" owl`\ [NL. scops, fr. Gr. ? the little horned
     owl.] (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of small owls of the genus
     Scops having ear tufts like those of the horned owls,
     especially the European scops owl (Scops giu), and the
     American screech owl (Scops asio).
     [1913 Webster] Scoptic

scops owl - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  scops owl
      n 1: any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling
           call