Any New World owl of genus .
The screech owls winter in the north and are distinctly farsighted in preparing for winter.
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(UK) A , of species , found almost worldwide.
And I listened for a voice;— / But my heart was all I heard; / Not a screech-owl, not a loon, / Not a tree-toad said a word.
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A mistle thrush ().
The poet Propertius refers to a philtre containing snake bones, a toad, and the feathers of a screech-owl.
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