Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mottled owl

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

Syllables: mot-tled owl
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Strix virgata, a medium-sized owl of parts of Central and South America, having the head and back mottled brown and the underparts whitish, with vertical bars on the chest and throat.

Inflected Forms

mottled owls (plural)

Questions

What does mottled owl mean?: Strix virgata, a medium-sized owl of parts of Central and South America, having the head and back mottled brown and the underparts whitish, with vertical bars on the chest and throat.

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