noun
small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle
• Syn: ↑screech owl
• Hypernyms: ↑owl, ↑bird of Minerva, ↑bird of night, ↑hooter
• Member Holonyms: ↑Otus, ↑genus Otus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.