noun Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families Strigidae and Tytonidae, that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
noun A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active.
noun An owl pigeon.
noun A politician with moderate views that are neither hawkish nor dovish.
noun Any of various nymphalid butterflies, especially in the genus Caligo, having large eyespots on the wings.
noun ↑ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vъpiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 532
noun ↑ Vladimir Orel, A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, s.vv. “*uwwalōn”, “*uwwǭ”, “*ūfaz ~ *ūfǭ” (Leiden: Brill, 2003), 436.