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Sea owl
(gcide)
Sea owl \Sea" owl`\ (s[=e]" oul`). (Zool.)
The lumpfish.
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Sea owl
(gcide)
Owl \Owl\ (oul), n. [AS. [=u]le; akin to D. uil, OHG. [=u]wila,
G. eule, Icel. ugla, Sw. ugla, Dan. ugle.]
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1. (Zool.) Any species of raptorial birds of the family
Strigidae. They have large eyes and ears, and a
conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye. They are
mostly nocturnal in their habits.
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Note: Some species have erectile tufts of feathers on the
head. The feathers are soft and somewhat downy. The
species are numerous. See Barn owl, Burrowing owl,
Eared owl, Hawk owl, Horned owl, Screech owl,
Snowy owl, under Barn, Burrowing, etc.
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Note: In the Scriptures the owl is commonly associated with
desolation; poets and story-tellers introduce it as a
bird of ill omen. . . . The Greeks and Romans made it
the emblem of wisdom, and sacred to Minerva, -- and
indeed its large head and solemn eyes give it an air of
wisdom. --Am. Cyc.
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2. (Zool.) A variety of the domestic pigeon.
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Owl monkey (Zool.), any one of several species of South
American nocturnal monkeys of the genus Nyctipithecus.
They have very large eyes. Called also durukuli.

Owl moth (Zool.), a very large moth (Erebus strix). The
expanse of its wings is over ten inches.

Owl parrot (Zool.), the kakapo.

Sea owl (Zool.), the lumpfish.

Owl train, a cant name for certain railway trains whose run
is in the nighttime.
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sea owl
(gcide)
Lumpfish \Lump"fish`\, n. [From Lump, on account of its
bulkiness: cf. G. & D. lump, F. lompe.] (Zool.)
A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of
Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea
green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny
tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales.
The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion
to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker,
cock-paddle, sea owl.
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Sea owl
(gcide)
Sea owl \Sea" owl`\ (s[=e]" oul`). (Zool.)
The lumpfish.
[1913 Webster]Owl \Owl\ (oul), n. [AS. [=u]le; akin to D. uil, OHG. [=u]wila,
G. eule, Icel. ugla, Sw. ugla, Dan. ugle.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Zool.) Any species of raptorial birds of the family
Strigidae. They have large eyes and ears, and a
conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye. They are
mostly nocturnal in their habits.
[1913 Webster]

Note: Some species have erectile tufts of feathers on the
head. The feathers are soft and somewhat downy. The
species are numerous. See Barn owl, Burrowing owl,
Eared owl, Hawk owl, Horned owl, Screech owl,
Snowy owl, under Barn, Burrowing, etc.
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Note: In the Scriptures the owl is commonly associated with
desolation; poets and story-tellers introduce it as a
bird of ill omen. . . . The Greeks and Romans made it
the emblem of wisdom, and sacred to Minerva, -- and
indeed its large head and solemn eyes give it an air of
wisdom. --Am. Cyc.
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2. (Zool.) A variety of the domestic pigeon.
[1913 Webster]

Owl monkey (Zool.), any one of several species of South
American nocturnal monkeys of the genus Nyctipithecus.
They have very large eyes. Called also durukuli.

Owl moth (Zool.), a very large moth (Erebus strix). The
expanse of its wings is over ten inches.

Owl parrot (Zool.), the kakapo.

Sea owl (Zool.), the lumpfish.

Owl train, a cant name for certain railway trains whose run
is in the nighttime.
[1913 Webster]Lumpfish \Lump"fish`\, n. [From Lump, on account of its
bulkiness: cf. G. & D. lump, F. lompe.] (Zool.)
A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of
Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea
green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny
tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales.
The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion
to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker,
cock-paddle, sea owl.
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