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Bird of night

noun

Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes. Synonyms: bird of Minerva, hooter, owl.

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... and went surly by, Without annoying me. And there were drawn Upon a heap an hundred ghastly women, Transformed with their fear, who swore they saw Men, all in fire, walk up and down the streets. And yesterday the bird of night did sit Even at noonday upon the marketplace, Hooting and shrieking. When these prodigies Do so conjointly meet, let not men say, 'These are their reasons—they are natural,' For I believe they are portentous things Unto the climate that they ...

— The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ - A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion • James Stalker

... Lonely warbling bird of night! Leave thy bough and perch above The silent, dewy folds of white That screen my sleeping love. Drink the moonlight rays that fall Pure and mellow, like the beams Of starry eyes beyond my call, Far in the land of ...

— Indian Legends of Minnesota • Various

Words linked to "Bird of night" : Strix varia, Sceloglaux albifacies, spotted owl, Strix occidentalis, Athene noctua, owlet, great gray owl, Tyto alba, Asio otus, barred owl, Strix nebulosa, scops owl, Strigiformes, great grey owl, Otus asio, laughing owl, horned owl, Surnia ulula, laughing jackass, screech owl, bird of prey, hawk owl, Strix aluco, raptorial bird, barn owl, order Strigiformes, hoot owl, raptor, tawny owl, little owl, long-eared owl