mottled owl

noun

Strix virgata, a medium-sized owl of parts of Central and South America, having the head and back mottled brown and the underparts whitish, with vertical bars on the chest and throat.

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Meanings

nounmottled owl (plural mottled owls)

plural mottled owls

  1. Strix virgata, a medium-sized owl of parts of Central and South America, having the head and back mottled brown and the underparts whitish, with vertical bars on the chest and throat.
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APA

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Chicago

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