Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A howlet or hoot-owl; specifically, the tawny, brown, or wood owl, Strix (or Syrnium) aluco.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A European owl (
Syrnium aluco ) of a tawny color; -- called alsouluia .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A
European owl , Syrnium aluco, of atawny color; the uluia.
Etymologies
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Examples
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But shoo were fast asleep, wi 'Throp aside her snorin' like an owd ullet i 't' ivy-tree.
Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895
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An 'nows an' thens a gert white ullet would coom fleein 'through t' boughs, an 'all t' time there were lile bats flutterin 'about ower t' watter an 'coomin' so close agean Doed they ommost brushed his face wi 'their wings.
More Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895
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I swarmed up the ivy to see if that there young ullet was fit to take.
The New Forest Spy George Manville Fenn 1870
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J.F.T. T.ullet (sen.) 74 700 T.ken and burnt by the British.
Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II John Ross 1816
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Sportfreunde Stiller are due for an unplugged show, with B ullet For My Valentine, Subway To Sally,
Virtual Festivals 2010
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Sportfreunde Stiller are due for an unplugged show, with B ullet For My Valentine, Subway To Sally,
Virtual Festivals 2010
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Settler! ue ullet! "and ran through the streets immediately after learning of the decision.
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ullet train that had arrived from Bordeaux at Montparnasse station.
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ullet train that had arrived from Bordeaux at Montparnasse station.
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ullet train that had arrived from Bordeaux at Montparnasse station.
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