Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small or young owl.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An owl; a howlet.
- noun A young owl; a little owl.
- noun Same as
owlet-moth .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A small owl; especially, the European species (
Athene noctua ), and the California flammulated owlet (Megascops flammeolus ). - noun (Zoöl.) any noctuid moth.
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- noun A young
owl ;owling .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun young owl
Etymologies
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jennarenn commented on the word owlet
Awww. The word alone makes me want to pet it and feed it cheese. Unfortunately, said owlet would appreciate neither the petting, nor the cheese.
July 3, 2007