Phrase guide

long-eared owl

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˌlɒŋɪədˈaʊl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Asio otus, a species of owl which breeds in Europe, Asia, and North America. Long eared owls are partially migratory, moving south in winter from the northern parts of their range.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Asio otus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: owl, bird of Minerva, bird of night, hooter

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: buf veshgjatë — Asio otus
  • Arabic: بومة أذناء — Asio otus
  • Armenian: ականջավոր բու (akanǰavor bu) — Asio otus
  • Azerbaijani: adi qulaqlı bayquş — Asio otus
  • Bashkir: өкө ябалағы (ökö yabalağı) — Asio otus
  • Basque: hontz ertain — Asio otus
  • Belarusian: вушастая сава (vušastaja sava) — Asio otus
  • Breton: toud penn-kazh — Asio otus
  • Bulgarian: го́рска уша́та со́ва (górska ušáta sóva) — Asio otus
  • Catalan: mussol banyut — Asio otus
  • Catalan: mussol gros — Asio otus
  • Chechen: бухӏа (buha) — Asio otus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 長耳鴞 /长耳鸮 (coeng4 ji5 hiu1) — Asio otus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 長耳鴞 /长耳鸮 (cháng'ěrxiāo) — Asio otus
  • Chuvash: хӑлхаллӑ тӑмана (hălh̬allă t̬ămana) — Asio otus
  • East Circassian: мэзжьынду (mɛzźəndu) — Asio otus
  • Czech: kalous — Asio otus
  • Czech: kalous ušatý — Asio otus
  • Old Czech: kalús — Asio otus
  • Danish: skovhornugle — Asio otus
  • Dutch: ransuil — Asio otus
  • Esperanto: orelstrigo — Asio otus
  • Estonian: kőrvukräts — Asio otus
  • Faroese: kattúla — Asio otus
  • Faroese: kattugla — Asio otus
  • Finnish: sarvipöllö — Asio otus
  • French: hibou moyen duc — Asio otus
  • French: hibou moyen-duc — Asio otus
  • West-Frisian: hoarnûle — Asio otus
  • Friulian: çus — Asio otus
  • Galician: bufo pequeno — Asio otus
  • Georgian: ოლოლი (ololi) — Asio otus
  • German: Waldohreule — Asio otus
  • Greek: νανόμπουφος (nanómpoufos) — Asio otus
  • Ancient Greek: ὦτος (ôtos) — Asio otus
  • Ancient Greek: αἰγοκέφαλος (aigoképhalos) — Asio otus
  • Hebrew: ינשוף עצים — Asio otus
  • Hindi: लंबे कान वाला उल्लू (lambe kān vālā ullū) — Asio otus
  • Hungarian: erdei fülesbagoly — Asio otus
  • Icelandic: eyrugla — Asio otus
  • Indonesian: burung hantu bertelinga panjang — Asio otus
  • Irish: ceann cait — Asio otus
  • Italian: gufo comune — Asio otus
  • Japanese: 虎斑木菟 (tora fuzuku) — Asio otus
  • Kazakh: құлақты жапалақ (qūlaqty japalaq) — Asio otus
  • Korean: 부엉이 (bueong'i) — Asio otus
  • Ladin: ciuita — Asio otus
  • Latin: axio — Asio otus
  • Latvian: ausainā pūce — Asio otus
  • Lithuanian: mažasis apuokas — Asio otus
  • Macedonian: мал був (mal buv) — Asio otus
  • Macedonian: планински був (planinski buv) — Asio otus
  • Malay: burung hantu telinga panjang — Asio otus
  • Malayalam: നെടുഞ്ചെവിയൻ മൂങ്ങ (neṭuñceviyaṉ mūṅṅa) — Asio otus
  • Maltese: qattus — Asio otus
  • Manx: hullad eairkagh — Asio otus
  • Mongolian: соотон гуйванга (sooton gujvanga) — Asio otus
  • Navajo: néʼéshjaaʼ yázhí — Asio otus
  • Nepali: लामकाने लाटोकोसेरो (lāmkāne lāṭokosero) — Asio otus
  • Norwegian: hornugle — Asio otus
  • Occitan: duganèl — Asio otus
  • Persian: جغد گوشدراز — Asio otus
  • Polish: sowa szara — Asio otus
  • Polish: uszatka — Asio otus
  • Polish: uszatka zwyczajna — Asio otus
  • Portuguese: coruja-pequena — Asio otus
  • Portuguese: bufo-pequeno — Asio otus
  • Portuguese: mocho-pequeno — Asio otus
  • Romanian: ciuf de pădure — Asio otus
  • Romansh: piv mesaun — Asio otus
  • Russian: уша́стая сова́ (ušástaja sová) — Asio otus
  • Northern Sami: bealljeloađgu — Asio otus
  • Northern Sami: bealljeloatku — Asio otus
  • Sardinian: cuccumeu — Asio otus
  • Sardinian: cuccummiau — Asio otus
  • Sardinian: cuccu — Asio otus
  • Sardinian: cuccumeò — Asio otus
  • Scottish Gaelic: comhachag-adharcach — Asio otus
  • Serbo-Croatian: мала ушара — Asio otus
  • Serbo-Croatian: mala ušara — Asio otus
  • Slovak: myšiarka ušatá — Asio otus
  • Slovene: mala uharica — Asio otus
  • Upper Sorbian: lěsawa — Asio otus
  • Spanish: búho chico — Asio otus
  • Swedish: hornuggla — Asio otus
  • Turkish: kulaklı orman baykuşu — Asio otus
  • Ukrainian: сова вухата (sova vuxata) — Asio otus
  • Welsh: tylluan gorniog — Asio otus
  • Welsh: tylluan hirglust — Asio otus
  • Yakut: кулгаахтаах мэкчиргэ (kulgaaqtaaq mekčirge) — Asio otus