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Noun: Strix occidentalis
  1. A large owl of North America found in forests from British Columbia to central Mexico; has dark brown plumage and a heavily spotted chest
    - spotted owl

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

Part of: genus Strix, Strix

Encyclopedia: Strix occidentalis