rufous owl

noun

A species of strigid owl, Ninox rufa, of New Guinea and north Australia.

Meanings

nounrufous owl (plural rufous owls)

plural rufous owls

  1. A species of strigid owl, Ninox rufa, of New Guinea and north Australia.
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