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owlet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From owl + -et. Compare howlet.

Meanings

  1. (diminutive, form-of) Diminutive of owl.
    form of owl
    • And in faith Sir unlesse your hospitalitie doe releeve us, wee are like to wander with a sorrowfull hey ho, among the owlets, & Hobgoblins of the Forrest […] c. 1590 (date written), G[eorge] P[eele], The Old Wiues Tale. […], London: […] Iohn Danter, for Raph Hancocke, and Iohn Hardie, […], published 1595, →OCLC:
    • […] and bold with joy, Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place (Portentous sight) the owlet, ATHEISM, Sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon, Drops his blue-fringed lids, and holds them close, And, hooting at the glorious sun in heaven, Cries out, “where is it?” 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Fears in Solitude, London: J. Johnson, pages 4–5:
    • Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting, Lizard’s leg and owlet’s wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
  2. A young owl; owling.
  3. One of a species of small owls, such as Athene noctua.
  4. An owlet moth.
    • Noticeable features found in many of the owlets are two markings that often appear on the upper forewings. 2023, John Himmelman, Discovering Moths, page 39:

Forms

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Deriveds

long-whiskered owlet · morbid owlet · owlet-nightjar · spotted owlet · owlet moth · false owlet moth · Asian barred owlet

Synonyms

owling · howlet · houlet

Translations (18)

pl sówka (a young owl) · fi pöllönpoikanen (a young owl) · fr jeune chouette (a young owl) · de junge Eule (a young owl) · vo jilülül (a young owl) · vo hilülül (a young owl) · el γλαυκούλα (a young owl) · fr jeune hibou (a young owl) · el κουκουβαγιούλα (a young owl) · vi cú con (a young owl) · sk sôvä (a young owl) · de Eulenjunges (a young owl) · ru совёнок (a young owl) · vo lülül (a young owl) · ka ბუს ბახალა (a young owl) · nl uilskuiken (a young owl) · unm kukhutët (a young owl) · sv uggleunge (a young owl)

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