See tuwhit tuwhoo on Wiktionary
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"ref": "[1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Second Song. To the Same [the Owl].”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, stanza 1, page 21:",
"text": "Thy tuwhits are lull'd I wot, / Thy tuwhoos of yesternight,[…]",
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"The hoot of a tawny owl."
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"ipa": "/tʊˌwɪt tʊˈwuː/"
}
],
"word": "tuwhit tuwhoo"
}
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "hoot of an owl",
"word": "ululo"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hoot of an owl",
"word": "hou-hou"
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"sense": "hoot of an owl",
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"text": "Thy tuwhits are lull'd I wot, / Thy tuwhoos of yesternight,[…]",
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"ipa": "/tʊˌwɪt tʊˈwuː/"
}
],
"word": "tuwhit tuwhoo"
}
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"Terms with French translations",
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"en:Owls"
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"etymology_text": "Imitative.",
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"form": "tu-whit tu-whoo",
"tags": [
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],
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"ipa": "/tʊˌwɪt tʊˈwuː/"
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],
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "hoot of an owl",
"word": "ululo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hoot of an owl",
"word": "hou-hou"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "hoot of an owl",
"word": "siu-hù"
}
],
"word": "tuwhit tuwhoo"
}
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