screech owl

English Thesaurus

1. small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird of minerva, bird of night, hooter, owl,
definition	:	nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus otus, otus,
definition	:	a genus of Strigidae (noun.animal)

2. any owl that has a screeching cry (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird of minerva, bird of night, hooter, owl,
definition	:	nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes (noun.animal)