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burrowing owls

burrowing owls is the plural 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

Questions about burrowing owls

What is burrowing owls the plural of?
Burrowing owls is the plural of burrowing owl.

Words near burrowing owls in the dictionary

  1. burrowing bug
  2. burrowing bugs
  3. burrowing junction
  4. burrowing junctions
  5. burrowing owl
  6. burrowing owls
  7. burrowing parrot
  8. burrowing parrots
  9. burrowings
  10. burrowless
  11. burrowlike

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