different between owl vs owllike
owl
English
Etymology
From Middle English oule, owle, from Old English ?le, from Proto-Germanic *uwwal? (compare West Frisian ûle, Dutch uil, Danish and Norwegian ugle, German Eule), diminutive of *uww? (“eagle-owl”) (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *?faz, *?f? (compare Old English ?f or h?f, Swedish uv (“horned owl”), Bavarian Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up- (compare Latvian ?pis (“eagle-owl”), Czech úp?t (“to wail, howl”), Avestan ????????????????????????????????? (ufiieimi, “to call out”). A Germanic variant *uwwil? was the source of Old High German ?wila (German Eule).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Noun
owl (plural owls)
- Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing. [from 8th c.]
- (by extension) A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active. [from 14th c.]
- Antonym: lark
- The owl pigeon. [from 18th c.]
- (politics, uncommon) A politician with moderate views that are neither hawkish nor dovish.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies having large eyespots on the wings.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- hoot
- to-whit, to-whoo
- whoo
References
Further reading
- owl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
owl (third-person singular simple present owls, present participle owling, simple past and past participle owled)
- (archaic, intransitive) To smuggle contraband goods.
Anagrams
- 'low, LOW, Low, WoL, low, low%
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owllike
English
Etymology
owl +? -like
Adjective
owllike (comparative more owllike, superlative most owllike)
- Resembling an owl or some aspect of one.
- 1896, Robert Louis Stevenson, Macaire, act i, scene 2 (stage directions)
- To these, by the door L. C., the CURATE and the NOTARY, arm in arm; the latter owl-like and titubant
- 1896, Robert Louis Stevenson, Macaire, act i, scene 2 (stage directions)
Synonyms
- owlish
- owly
- strigine
owllike From the web:
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