"screech owl" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: screech owls [plural]
Etymology: From the fact that these species are owls which emit screeching calls. Head templates: {{en-noun}} screech owl (plural screech owls)
  1. Any New World owl of genus Megascops. Translations (Megascops): ofolo (Alabama), ofolo (Chickasaw), 鳴角鴞 /鸣角鸮 (míngjiǎoxiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 鳴角梟 /鸣角枭 (míngjiǎoxiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), výreček [masculine] (Czech), schreeuwuil [masculine] (Dutch), kirkupöllönen (Finnish), petit-duc maculé [masculine] (French), Kreischeule [feminine] (German), lármáskuvik (Hungarian), ulscréachóg [feminine] (Irish), scréachóg reilige [feminine] (Irish), gufo comune [masculine] (Italian), ulula [feminine] (Latin), hullad-screeagh [feminine] (Manx), gu'gu'gwes (english: Nova Scotia) [animate] (Mi'kmaq), tsidiłdǫǫhii (Navajo), lundugle (Norwegian), gaakaabishiinh (Ojibwe), syczoń [masculine] (Polish), corujinha [feminine] (Portuguese), совка (sovka) (Russian), sgreuchag-oidhche [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), autillo (Spanish), mtiti (Swahili), cú mèo (Vietnamese)
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  2. (UK) A common barn owl, of species Tyto alba, found almost worldwide. Tags: UK
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  3. A mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus).
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      "taxonomic": "Megascops seductus",
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      "taxonomic": "Megascops centralis",
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      "taxonomic": "Megascops petersoni",
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      "taxonomic": "Megascops marshalli",
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      "taxonomic": "Megascops roraimae",
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      "word": "Pacific screech owl"
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      "taxonomic": "Megascops nudipes newtoni",
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      "taxonomic": "Megascops ingens",
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