Meanings
nounlittle owl (plural little owls)
plural little owls
- A species of small European owl, Athene noctua.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic بُومَة صَغِيرَة
- بُومَة صَغِيرَةspecies of owl
Basque mozolo
- mozolospecies of owl
Bulgarian обикновена кукумявка
- обикновена кукумявка (obiknovena kukumjavka)species of owl
Catalan mussol
- mussolspecies of owl
Chinese Mandarin 梟 /枭, 小鴞 /小鸮
- 梟 /枭 (xiāo)species of owl
- 小鴞 /小鸮 (xiǎoxiāo)species of owl
Czech sýček
- sýčekspecies of owl
Danish kirkeugle
- kirkeuglespecies of owl
Dutch steenuil
- steenuilspecies of owl
Esperanto noktuo
- noktuospecies of owl
Estonian kivikakk
- kivikakkspecies of owl
Finnish minervanpöllö
- minervanpöllöspecies of owl
French chevêche
- chevêchespecies of owl
German Steinkauz
- Steinkauzspecies of owl
Greek κουκουβάγια
- κουκουβάγια (koukouvágia)species of owl
Hebrew כּוֹס
- כּוֹס (kos)species of owl
Hungarian kuvik
- kuvikspecies of owl
Icelandic kattugla
- kattuglaspecies of owl
Irish ulchabhán beag
- ulchabhán beagspecies of owl
Italian civetta
- civettaspecies of owl
Japanese 小金目梟
- 小金目梟 (kokinmefukurō)species of owl
Korean 금눈쇠올빼미
- 금눈쇠올빼미 (geumnunsoe'olppaemi)species of owl
Latin Athene noctua
- Athene noctuaspecies of owl
Latvian mājas apogs
- mājas apogsspecies of owl
Lithuanian pelėdikė
- pelėdikėspecies of owl
Norwegian kirkeugle
- kirkeuglespecies of owl
Polish pójdźka, pójdźka zwyczajna
- pójdźkaspecies of owl
- pójdźka zwyczajnaspecies of owl
Portuguese mocho galego
- mocho galegospecies of owl
Punjabi ਛੋਟਾ ਉੱਲੂ
- ਛੋਟਾ ਉੱਲੂ (choṭā ullū)species of owl
Romanian cucuvea
- cucuveaspecies of owl
Russian домо́вый сыч, сыч
- домо́вый сыч (domóvyj syč)species of owl
- сыч (syč)species of owl
- фи́лин (fílin)species of owl
Scottish Gaelic comhachag-bheag
- comhachag-bheagspecies of owl
Slovak kuvik plačlivý
- kuvik plačlivýspecies of owl
Spanish mochuelo europeo, mochuelo común
- mochuelo europeospecies of owl
- mochuelo comúnspecies of owl
Swedish minervauggla
- minervaugglaspecies of owl
Turkish kukumav
- kukumavspecies of owl
Ukrainian сич ха́тній
- сич ха́тній (syč xátnij)species of owl
Welsh tylluan fach
- tylluan fachspecies of owl
Cite this entry
APA
little owl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/little%20owl
MLA
“little owl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/little%20owl. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “little owl,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/little%20owl.
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