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howlet

howlet noun: an owl; an owlet.

Noun

howlet (plural howlets)

  1. An owl; an owlet.
    • Will the night send a howlet or a bat? / I asked: when something on the dismal flat / Came to arrest my thoughts and change their train.1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XVIII

howlet meaning in Tamil

howlet in Tamil

ஆந்தைக் குஞ்சு

Forms of howlet

pluralhowlets
alternative formhewlet
alternative formhoulet

Origin of howlet

From Middle English howlat, howlott etc, either borrowed from French hulotte or formed from Middle English howle (form of oule) + -et. Compare modern owlet.

Questions about howlet

What does howlet mean?
Howlet means an owl; an owlet.
What is howlet in Tamil?
Howlet in Tamil is ஆந்தைக் குஞ்சு. See Howlet meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is howlet?
Howlet is a noun.
What is the plural of howlet?
The plural of howlet is howlets.

Words near howlet in the dictionary

  1. howler monkey
  2. howler monkeys
  3. howlers
  4. Howles
  5. howlest
  6. howlet
  7. howleth
  8. howlets
  9. Howlett
  10. Howley
  11. Howleys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: howlet (page history and authors); howlet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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