See Also: owlet(medicine)
owlet(dictionary)
owlet(dictionary)

owlet (iou)



owlet noun. M16.
[from OWL noun + -ET1. Cf. HOWLET.]
An owl; a young or small owl. Also spec., any of several small owls of the genera Glaucidium, Xenoglaux, and Athene.
Comb.: owlet-frogmouth: see FROG noun1; owlet-moth (chiefly N. Amer.) a noctuid moth; owlet-nightjar = owlet-frogmouth s.v. FROG noun1.