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Owl train
Owl Owl, 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.

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- The Night Owl was a p****enger train operated by Amtrak on the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., and Boston, M****achusetts, via New York City...
- Night Owl (train), a former Amtrak p****enger train between Boston and Washington, D.C. The Night Owl (album), 1987 Gregg Karukas album The Night Owl (1926...
- Look up owl or OWL in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An owl is a bird of prey. Owl, Owls, or OWL may also refer to: Owl (comics), the name of several...
- The 1990 Back Bay, M****achusetts train collision was a collision between an Amtrak p****enger train, the Night Owl, and a M****achusetts Bay Transportation...
- The Owl Limited was an overnight p****enger train of the Southern Pacific Company which ran between Oakland and Los Angeles via the Central Valley. The...
- The great horned owl (Bubo virgini****), also known as the tiger owl (originally derived from early naturalists' description as the "winged tiger" or...
- species of owl in order Strigiformes; they are distributed among 25 genera in two families. The 20 species of genera Tyto and Phodilus, the barn owls, are in...
- Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) is a species of eagle-owl, a type of bird that resides in much of Eurasia. It is often just called the eagle-owl in Europe and...
- Stansfeld Belaney (September 18, 1888 – April 13, 1938), commonly known as Grey Owl, was a po****r writer, public speaker and conservationist. Born an Englishman...
- in Gotham to train the hundreds of members of the Robins street gang. In Nightwing (vol. 4), Lincoln March addresses the Parliament of Owls as they decide...