scops owl

• scops-owl

From Latin scops, from Ancient Greek σκώψ (skṓps, “a type of small owl”), from σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”), from σκέπτομαι (sképtomai, “I look at”).

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scops owl (plural scops owls)

1. A small European migratory owl, Otus scops, that winters in sub-Saharran Africa.
2. Any owl of the Old World genus Otus.

• (Otus scops): European scops owl, Eurasian scops owl, Old World scops owl

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• “scops owl”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Eurasian scops owl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia