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howlets

howlets is the plural of howlet.

Meaning of howlet

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

Questions about howlets

What is howlets the plural of?
Howlets is the plural of howlet.

Words near howlets in the dictionary

  1. howlers
  2. Howles
  3. howlest
  4. howlet
  5. howleth
  6. howlets
  7. Howlett
  8. Howley
  9. Howleys
  10. Howlin
  11. howlin'

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