screech

  • 41screech owl — n. ☆ 1. any of various small New World owls (genus Otus) of a worldwide family (Strigidae), characterized by feathered ear tufts and an eerie, wailing cry rather than a hoot 2. Brit. any owl with such a cry …

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  • 42Screech-owl — Taxobox name = Screech owls image width = 210px image caption = Eastern Screech owl, Megascops asio Rufous morph regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis = Neognathae superordo = Neoaves ordo =… …

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  • 43Screech (comics) — For other uses of the word Screech, see Screech (disambiguation). Superherobox caption=Screech. Art by Mark Bagley. comic color=background:#111111 character name=Screech real name=Maxwell Taylor publisher=Marvel Comics debut= Venom: Lethal… …

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  • 44screech owl — noun 1. any owl that has a screeching cry • Hypernyms: ↑owl, ↑bird of Minerva, ↑bird of night, ↑hooter 2. small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle • Syn: ↑Otus asio …

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  • 45screech owl — 1. any of numerous small American owls of the genus Otus, having hornlike tufts of feathers, as O. asio, of eastern North America. 2. (not in technical use) any owl having a harsh cry, esp. the barn owl. Also, screech owl. [1585 95] * * * Any of… …

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  • 46screech martin — Swift Swift, n. 1. The current of a stream. [R.] Walton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small, long winged, insectivorous birds of the family {Micropodid[ae]}. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they …

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  • 47screech past — phr verb Screech past is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑car …

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  • 48screech-owl — tikrieji apuokėliai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Otus angl. screech owl rus. совка, f pranc. petit duc, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – apuokėliai siauresnis terminas – afrikinis apuokėlis siauresnis terminas –… …

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  • 49screech — 1. noun /skriːtʃ,skɹiːtʃ,skɹitʃ/ a) A high pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface. b) A loud harsh sound resembling a human cry. 2. verb /skriːtʃ,skɹiːtʃ,skɹitʃ/ To make such a …

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  • 50screech — Synonyms and related words: bark, battle cry, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, blare, blat, blate, bleat, blubber, boom, bray, breathe, buzz, cackle, call, caterwaul, chant, cheer, chirp, coo, creak, crow, cry, drawl, exclaim, flute, gasp, give tongue,… …

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