owl的意思|owl的解释-里氏词典

owl [aul]

n. 猫头鹰

[法] 走私

owl

[ noun ]
nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
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Owl \Owl\ (oul), n. [AS. [=u]le; akin to D. uil, OHG. [=u]wila,
G. eule, Icel. ugla, Sw. ugla, Dan. ugle.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of raptorial birds of the family
{Strigid[ae]}. They have large eyes and ears, and a
conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye. They are
mostly nocturnal in their habits.

Note: Some species have erectile tufts of feathers on the
head. The feathers are soft and somewhat downy. The
species are numerous. See {Barn owl}, {Burrowing owl},
{Eared owl}, {Hawk owl}, {Horned owl}, {Screech owl},
{Snowy owl}, under {Barn}, {Burrowing}, etc.

Note: In the Scriptures the owl is commonly associated with
desolation; poets and story-tellers introduce it as a
bird of ill omen. . . . The Greeks and Romans made it
the emblem of wisdom, and sacred to Minerva, -- and
indeed its large head and solemn eyes give it an air of
wisdom. --Am. Cyc.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of the domestic pigeon.

{Owl monkey} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of South
American nocturnal monkeys of the genus {Nyctipithecus}.
They have very large eyes. Called also {durukuli}.

{Owl moth} (Zo["o]l.), a very large moth ({Erebus strix}).
The expanse of its wings is over ten inches.

{Owl parrot} (Zo["o]l.), the kakapo.

{Sea owl} (Zo["o]l.), the lumpfish.

{Owl train}, a cant name for certain railway trains whose run
is in the nighttime.

Owl \Owl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Owled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Owling}.]
1. To pry about; to prowl. [Prov. Eng.]

2. To carry wool or sheep out of England. [Obs.]

Note: This was formerly illegal, and was done chiefly by
night.

3. Hence, to carry on any contraband trade. [Eng.]

Three congressmen said Wednesday that the Bush administration's scaled-down plan to protect the northern spotted owl will force a court battle that will paralyze logging in the Pacific Northwest.
The government should give special help to workers who lost their jobs because of policies on clean air, protecting the spotted owl and cutting defense, lawmakers said today.
About 5.4 million acres of owl habitat already are in national parks or wilderness areas off limits to logging, so an additional 3 million acres would have to be withdrawn.
For the weekend at least, the camaraderie disappeared between birders who ordinarily would gladly show another that barn owl in the refuge's pewter-colored waters set against the casino skyline of Atlantic City.
"While I am supporting this provision because it assists in the preservation of critical habitat, I also note that it will ease the economic transition in areas affected by the listing of the spotted owl," Bush said.
The scientific committee led by Forest Service biologist Jack Ward Thomas determined the owl has lost about two-thirds of its habitat since 1800.
Key among the issues was a report on the effects of logging in national forests on the survival of the spotted owl.
The recovery of the brown pelican in the southeastern United States seems to be attributed to the nationwide ban on DDT, while the "recovery" of the Palau dove, Palau fantail and Palau owl simply stems from the discovery of more birds.
The announcement comes on the heels of a declaration by government scientists in April that the rare owl is likely to become extinct unless millions of acres of habitat are created.
He acknowledges the heat from an antiharvesting campaign entailing the embrace of "old-growth" trees and the northern spotted owl.
Speaking Monday in Portland, Oregon, on the dispute over saving the spotted owl's habitat while putting loggers out of work, President Bush said, "Common sense tells us to find a needed balance."
Thomas said during a congressional hearing Wednesday that if future federal harvests continued at current levels, there would be a dramatic reduction in the owl's population, especially on Washington's Olympic Peninsula.
These days, when resource trade-offs prove too tough for legislatures or federal agencies to make, U.S. judges step in. That's what happened with the owl, and the salmon could be next.
Environmentalists have sought to have the owl protected as an endangered species, but the timber industry has insisted that such a designation could halt logging in vast areas of the Northwest and result in the loss of thousands of jobs.
George Leonard, associate chief of the Forest Service, said in an interview that implementation of his agency's plan to protect spotted owl habitat will "allow us to get on to some semblance of a timber sale program.
In 1987, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refused to designate the owl as a threatened or endangered species, a decision also being challenged in court.
Slogans and signs at demonstrations over the owl controversy often depict the threatened bird as a menu item.
The salmon fight has higher stakes than the bruising battle over the Northwest spotted owl.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. - The northern spotted owl and a slump in the homebuilding industry have combined to cause trouble for the Northwest timber industry in recent months.
Bill Pickell said it's "just another ploy by the preservationist to put a stop to the industry." Pickell said he believes the industry will prevail because the spotted owl is not in danger of extinction.
Environmentalists would be restricted from using the courts to block cutting on some of the land, but certain areas would be spared to retain a home for the rare spotted owl.
The issue pits environmentalists trying to preserve sections of virgin forest and the spotted owl, which nests only in dense old-growth forest, against loggers who say their jobs are at stake.
Zilly found the Fish and Wildlife Service had no expert analysis backing its conclusion that the owl is not endangered.
Environmentalists want to protect the owl by preserving large tracts of land, including some in the Siuslaw National Forest.
The decision is certain to shut down millions of acres of prized old-growth timber, largely on U.S. Forest Service lands, to protect the owl.
Refused to become embroiled in the continuing fight between environmentalists and the Bush administration over Oregon timber and the northern spotted owl.
The prime habitat for the spotted owl is the region's old growth forests _ tracts of mature timber that never have been logged.
The Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to declare the owl a threatened species in June "sounded a warning that within our lifetime an entire ancient ecosystem may be lost forever," Mitchell said.
Moseley's committee represents a federal inter-agency task force charged with devising a plan that balances owl interests against Northwest timber jobs.
Use an owl call to get him to gobble, then follow the sound.

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