Screech-owl

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of screech owl. alt-of, alternative

    "It is said that whenever a member of the house of the Arundels of Wardour lies on his death-bed, a pair of large screech-owls fly round the battlements each night till his decease."

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"It is said that whenever a member of the house of the Arundels of Wardour lies on his death-bed, a pair of large screech-owls fly round the battlements each night till his decease."

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