Meanings
nounHume's boobook (plural Hume's boobooks)
plural Hume's boobooks
- A species of boobook owl, Ninox obscura, endemic to Andaman island in the east Indian Ocean.
Origin
Named in honour of British ornithologist Allan Octavian Hume.
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