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hoot owl
noun
- any of various owls that hoot.
hoot owl
noun
- any owl that utters a hooting cry, as distinct from a screech owl
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hoot owl1
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
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Example Sentences
But it is not easy to tell whether the sound comes from a hoot owl or from the throat of a wild cat.
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It reminded me of the great hoot-owl, listening, after its booming cry, for the stir of its frightened prey.
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Very often they sighed, and sometimes there was a pensive quietness broken only by the hoot-owl.
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The blind might hear September in the uproarious arguments of the crow, the despondent cries of katydid, tree toad, and hoot owl.
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Once Andy awoke to hear a noise at a distance, but he soon figured out that this was nothing more than a hoot owl.
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