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burrow owl

burrow owl is the alternative form of burrowing owl.

Meaning of burrowing owl

Noun

burrowing owl (plural burrowing owls)

  1. A small owl of the Americas (Athene cunicularia or Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in holes, often dug by prairie dogs.
    Synonyms:
    shoco, burrow owl, howdy-ow, howdy owl

Forms of burrow owl

pluralburrow owls

Questions about burrow owl

What is burrow owl the alternative form of?
Burrow owl is the alternative form of burrowing owl.

Words near burrow owl in the dictionary

  1. Burroughsian
  2. Burrovian
  3. burrow
  4. burrow duck
  5. burrow ducks
  6. burrow owl
  7. Burrow-with-Burrow
  8. burrowable
  9. Burroway
  10. Burrowbridge
  11. burrowed

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