scops owl

1. 1.

   any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call

   Broaderowl

   NarrowerOld World scops owlOriental scops owl

   Part ofOtus

Questions about scops owl

What does scops owl mean?

scops owl means "any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call".

Is scops owl a common word?

scops owl is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.