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oule

oule is the obsolete spelling of owl.

Meaning of owl

Noun

owl (plural owls)

  1. Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families Strigidae and Tytonidae, that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing.
    • A group of owls is called a parliament.2019 June 6, “A gaggle, a confusion and a conspiracy - bizarre animal collective group names”, in BBC
  2. (broadly) A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active.
    Antonyms:
    lark
  3. An owl pigeon.
  4. (uncommon) A politician with moderate views that are neither hawkish nor dovish.
  5. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, especially in the genus Caligo, having large eyespots on the wings.

See all 7 meanings of owl

Forms of oule

pluraloules

Questions about oule

What is oule the obsolete spelling of?
Oule is the obsolete spelling of owl.

Words near oule in the dictionary

  1. ould ones
  2. ould wan
  3. ould wans
  4. oulder
  5. ouldest
  6. oule
  7. Ouled Naïl
  8. Ouled Naïls
  9. oules
  10. Oulie
  11. Oulipian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oule (page history and authors); owl (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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