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owlet
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun owlet has 1 sense
- owlet(n = noun.animal) - young owl; is a kind of bird of minerva, bird of night, hooter, owl
Derived form noun owl1
CIDE DICTIONARY
owlet, n. [Dim. of owl. Cf. Howlet.].
A small owl; especially, the European species (Athene noctua ), and the California flammulated owlet (Megascops flammeolus ). [1913 Webster]
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