owl

IPA: ˈaʊɫ

noun

  • Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing.
  • (by extension) A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active.
  • An owl pigeon.
  • (politics, uncommon) A politician with moderate views that are neither hawkish nor dovish.
  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies, especially in the genus Caligo, having large eyespots on the wings.
  • (computer languages) Initialism of Web Ontology Language. [(computing, Internet) A formal language (or family of languages) used to draw inferences from a large data set, especially from the Semantic Web]

verb

  • (archaic, intransitive) To smuggle contraband goods.
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