bird of minerva

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   nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes

   Synonymsowlbird of nighthooter

   Broaderbird of prey

   Narrowerowletlittle owlhorned owlgreat grey owltawny owlbarred owlscreech owlscops owlspotted owlhoot owl

   Part ofStrigiformes

Questions about bird of minerva

What does bird of minerva mean?

bird of minerva means "nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes".

What is another word for bird of minerva?

Close synonyms include owl, bird of night, hooter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bird of minerva a common word?

bird of minerva is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.