long-eared owl : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: long-eared owl	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for long-eared owl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
long-eared owl n slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts Synonym(s): long-eared owl, Asio otus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eared \Eared\, a. 1. Having (such or so many) ears; -- used in composition; as, long-eared-eared; sharp-eared; full-eared; ten-eared. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears. {Eared owl} (Zo[94]l.), an owl having earlike tufts of feathers, as the {long-eared owl}, and {short-eared owl}. {Eared seal} (Zo[94]l.), any seal of the family {Otariid[91]}, including the fur seals and hair seals. See {Seal}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Horned \Horned\, a. Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn. The horned moon with one bright star Within the nether tip. --Coleridge. {Horned bee} (Zo[94]l.), a British wild bee ({Osmia bicornis}), having two little horns on the head. {Horned dace} (Zo[94]l.), an American cyprinoid fish ({Semotilus corporialis}) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub. See Illust. of {Chub}. {Horned frog} (Zo[94]l.), a very large Brazilian frog ({Ceratophrys cornuta}), having a pair of triangular horns arising from the eyelids. {Horned grebe} (Zo[94]l.), a species of grebe ({Colymbus auritus}), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense tufts of feathers on the head. {Horned horse} (Zo[94]l.), the gnu. {Horned lark} (Zo[94]l.), the shore lark. {Horned lizard} (Zo[94]l.), the horned toad. {Horned owl} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American owl ({Bubo Virginianus}), having a pair of elongated tufts of feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different regions; -- called also {great horned owl}, {horn owl}, {eagle owl}, and {cat owl}. Sometimes also applied to the {long-eared owl}. See {Eared owl}, under {Eared}. {Horned poppy}. (Bot.) See {Horn poppy}, under {Horn}. {Horned pout} (Zo[94]l.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout. {Horned rattler} (Zo[94]l.), a species of rattlesnake ({Crotalus cerastes}), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular horns between the eyes; -- called also {sidewinder}. {Horned ray} (Zo[94]l.), the sea devil. {Horned screamer} (Zo[94]l.), the kamichi. {Horned snake} (Zo[94]l.), the cerastes. {Horned toad} (Zo[94]l.), any lizard of the genus {Phrynosoma}, of which nine or ten species are known. These lizards have several hornlike spines on the head, and a broad, flat body, covered with spiny scales. They inhabit the dry, sandy plains from California to Mexico and Texas. Called also {horned lizard}. {Horned viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cerastes}.