noun
: a nearly cosmopolitan owl ( Tyto alba, syn. Strix flammea ) having plumage mottled with buff brown and gray above and chiefly white below and frequenting barns and other buildings where it is an important factor in rodent control
noun
: a nearly cosmopolitan owl ( Tyto alba, syn. Strix flammea ) having plumage mottled with buff brown and gray above and chiefly white below and frequenting barns and other buildings where it is an important factor in rodent control
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012