Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Parrot \Par"rot\, n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim. of Pierre
   Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf.
   {Paroquet}, {Petrel}, {Petrify}.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) In a general sense, any bird of the order
      {Psittaci}.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of {Psittacus}, {Chrysotis},
      {Pionus}, and other genera of the family {Psittacid[ae]},
      as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories.
      They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked
      space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako ({P.
      erithacus}) of Africa (see {Jako}), and the species of
      Amazon, or green, parrots ({Chrysotis}) of America, are
      examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to
      imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.

   {Carolina parrot} (Zo["o]l.), the Carolina parrakeet. See
      {Parrakeet}.

   {Night parrot}, or {Owl parrot}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Kakapo}.

   {Parrot coal}, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling
      and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.]
      

   {Parrot green}. (Chem.) See {Scheele's green}, under {Green},
      n.

   {Parrot weed} (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant ({Bocconia
      frutescens}) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer
      parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid
      leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers.

   {Parrot wrasse}, {Parrot fish} (Zo["o]l.), any fish of the
      genus {Scarus}. One species ({S. Cretensis}), found in the
      Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly
      prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.