BARN OWL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does barn owl mean? 

• BARN OWL (noun)
  The noun BARN OWL has 1 sense:

1. mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control

  Familiarity information: BARN OWL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARN OWL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

barn owl; Tyto alba

Hypernyms ("barn owl" is a kind of...):

bird of Minerva; bird of night; hooter; owl (nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes)

Holonyms ("barn owl" is a member of...):

genus Tyto; Tyto (type and only genus of the family Tytonidae)