SCREE'CH-OWL, noun An owl that utters a harsh disagreeable cry at night, no more ominous of evil than the notes of the nightingale.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI
screech-owl
Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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