Owlet

['aʊlɪt] or ['aʊlət]

(noun.) young owl.

Edited by Donnie--From WordNet

(n.) A small owl; especially, the European species (Athene noctua), and the California flammulated owlet (Megascops flammeolus).

Editor: Stephen

That St Withold's of Burton is an owlet's nest worth the harrying. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

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