Howlet
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An owl; an owlet.
"Will the night send a howlet or a bat? / I asked: when something on the dismal flat / Came to arrest my thoughts and change their train."
Synonyms
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More examples"Will the night send a howlet or a bat? / I asked: when something on the dismal flat / Came to arrest my thoughts and change their train."
Etymology
From Middle English howlat, howlott etc, either borrowed from French hulotte or formed from Middle English howle (form of oule) + -et. Compare modern owlet.
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