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saw-whet owl definition

☆ saw·-whet· owl (sô′hwet′, -wet′)

a very small North American forest owl (Aegolius acadicus) with brown-and-white plumage

Etymology: echoic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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