"burrowing owl" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: burrowing owls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} burrowing owl (plural burrowing owls)
  1. A small owl of the Americas (Athene cunicularia or Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in holes, often dug by prairie dogs. Synonyms: shoco, burrow owl, howdy-ow, howdy owl Translations (Translations): mussol de lloriguera [masculine] (Catalan), 穴鴞 /穴鸮 (xuéxiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), preeriapöllö (Finnish), chevêche des terriers [feminine] (French), chouette des terriers [feminine] (French), Kaninchenkauz [masculine] (German), 가시올빼미 (gasiolppaemi) (Korean), coruja-buraqueira [feminine] (Portuguese), кро́личий сыч (króličij syč) [masculine] (Russian), кро́ликовая сова́ (królikovaja sová) [feminine] (Russian), пеще́рная сова́ (peščérnaja sová) [feminine] (Russian)

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