English Explanatory Dictionary

Tengmalm's owl

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A species of owl, Aegolius funereus.

Word forms

Tengmalm's owl Tengmalm's owls

Etymology

Calque of translingual Strix tengmalmi, a now-obsolete obsolete name for the species, from Swedish Tengmalm (eponymous to Peter Gustaf Tengmalm, Swedish naturalist).

Synonyms

Richardson's owl boreal owl deathbird
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