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scops_owl

scops owl

See also: scops-owl

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scops owl ‎(plural scops owls)

  1. A small European migratory owl, Otus scops, that winters in sub-Saharran Africa.
  2. Any owl of the Old World genus Otus.

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Latin scops, from Ancient Greek σκώψ ‎(skṓps, “a type of small owl”), from σκοπός ‎(skopós, “watcher”), from σκέπτομαι ‎(sképtomai, “I look at”).

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