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barred owls

barred owls is the plural of barred owl.

Meaning of barred owl

Noun

barred owl (plural barred owls)

  1. A large American owl (Strix varia) with dark brown transverse bars on the breast.
    • Two barred owls, lugubrious and beautiful, call across a great distance.2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 546

Questions about barred owls

What is barred owls the plural of?
Barred owls is the plural of barred owl.

Words near barred owls in the dictionary

  1. barred i
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  3. barred off
  4. barred out
  5. barred owl
  6. barred owls
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  9. barred t
  10. barred tinamou
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