owls
/aʊlz/
owls is the plural of owl.
Meaning of owl
Noun
owl (plural owls)
- 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
- A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active.
- Antonyms:
- lark
- An owl pigeon.
- A politician with moderate views that are neither hawkish nor dovish.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies, especially in the genus Caligo, having large eyespots on the wings.
Noun (1) capitalized: OWLs
OWLs
- plural of OWL
Noun (2) capitalized: Owls
Owls
- plural of Owl
Phrases with owls
- bay owls
- elf owls
- ivy owls
- red owls
- sea owls
- barn owls
- disc owls
- disk owls
- fish owls
- hawk owls
- hoot owls
- Owls Head
60 more phrasesFewer phrases
- rain owls
- Ural owls
- wood owls
- brown owls
- eagle owls
- gnome owls
- night owls
- pygmy owls
- scops owls
- snowy owls
- tawny owls
- white owls
- barred owls
- boreal owls
- horned owls
- little owls
- rufous owls
- shriek owls
- silver owls
- Acadian owls
- boobook owls
- fishing owls
- Lapland owls
- mottled owls
- screech owls
- spotted owls
- squinch owls
- striped owls
- laughing owls
- powerful owls
- spectral owls
- burrowing owls
- shivering owls
- buffy fish owls
- great grey owls
- long-eared owls
- Tengmalm's owls
- bare-legged owls
- flammulated owls
- short-eared owls
- great horned owls
- monkey-faced owls
- Richardson's owls
- western barn owls
- golden masked owls
- northern hawk owls
- Pel's fishing owls
- Sri Lanka bay owls
- Eurasian eagle owls
- Eurasian pygmy owls
- Eurasian scops owls
- bring owls to Athens
- carry owls to Athens
- eastern screech owls
- brings owls to Athens
- brought owls to Athens
- carried owls to Athens
- carries owls to Athens
- bringing owls to Athens
- carrying owls to Athens
Words that rhyme with owls
Questions about owls
- What is owls the plural of?
- Owls is the plural of owl.
- What part of speech is owls?
- Owls is a noun.
- How do you pronounce owls?
- Owls is pronounced /aʊlz/.
Words near owls in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: owls (page history and authors); OWLs (page history and authors); Owls (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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