Plural of owl
regular plural
The plural of owl is owls.
Forms of owl
| Singular | owl /aʊ(ə)l/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | owls /aʊlz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Owls in a sentence
- 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
- Owls prey on small mammals, such as mice.From the entry prey on
- Owls are rockstars among raptors in the respect that they hunt amazingly well while also doing it under pitch-dark conditions and silently.From the entry rockstar
- Two barred owls, lugubrious and beautiful, call across a great distance.2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 546. From the entry barred owl
- And if I should ask a parliament of owls, what might they say?2015 January 5, Desmond Mattocks, “Seeking Meaning”, in The Last Word of America: The World in Context of America, Bloomington, Ind.…. From the entry parliament
Meaning of owl
- noun 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.
- noun A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active.
- noun An owl pigeon.
Questions about the plural of owl
- What is the plural of owl?
- The plural of owl is owls.
- Is owl countable?
- Owl is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: owl (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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