Etymology

Tengmalm's owl

Today it means: A species of owl, Aegolius funereus. Full definition →

translingual Strix tengmalmi ← Swedish Tengmalm
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  1. Swedish · derived fromTengmalm
  2. translingual · calque ofStrix tengmalmi
  3. English todayTengmalm's owl

Calque of translingual Strix tengmalmi, a now-obsolete obsolete name for the species, from Swedish Tengmalm (eponymous to Peter Gustaf Tengmalm, Swedish naturalist).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.