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Noun: barn owl  baa(r)n awl
  1. Mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control
    "The barn owl silently patrolled the farmyard for mice";
    - Tyto alba

Derived forms: barn owls

Type of: bird of Minerva, bird of night, hooter, owl

Part of: genus Tyto, Tyto

Encyclopedia: Barn owl