Phrase guide

Tengmalm's owl

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A species of owl, Aegolius funereus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Richardson's owl, boreal owl, deathbird

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: թավշաոտ բվիկ (tʻavšaot bvik) — species
  • Bashkir: һупайҙы (hupayźı) — species
  • Bashkir: ҫупайҙы (śupayźı) — species
  • Bashkir: һупылдаҡ (hupıldaq) — species
  • Bashkir: һупылдаҡ ябалаҡ (hupıldaq yabalaq) — species
  • Bashkir: һупа япалаҡ (hupa yapalaq) — species
  • Catalan: mussol pirinenc — species
  • Catalan: miloca — species
  • Czech: sýc — species
  • Dutch: ruigpootuil — species
  • Estonian: karvasjalg-kakk — species
  • Faroese: hjómut ugla — species
  • Finnish: helmipöllö — species
  • French: nyctale de Tengmalm — species
  • French: chouette de Tengmalm — species
  • French: chouette boréale — species
  • German: Raufußkauz — species
  • Irish: ulchabhán bóireach — species
  • Italian: civetta capogrosso — species
  • Kyrgyz: токой байкуш (tokoy baykuş) — species
  • Lower Tanana: ch'eɬtth'agha — species
  • Polish: włochatka — species
  • Polish: włochatka zwyczajna — species
  • Romanian: minuniță — species
  • Russian: мохноно́гий сыч (moxnonógij syč) — species
  • Inari-Sami: ijjâlodde — species
  • Lule-Sami: váhpális — species
  • Northern Sami: bearalskuolfi — species
  • Skolt-Sami: čuõzzâmvuâpˈpai — species
  • Southern Sami: baapelge — species
  • Southern Sami: baapalohke — species
  • Spanish: mochuelo boreal — species
  • Spanish: lechuza de Tengmalm — species
  • Swedish: pärluggla — species
  • Turkish: paçalı baykuş — species
  • Welsh: tylluan Tengmalm — species