Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barking owl

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: bark-ing owl
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ninox connivens, a medium-sized owl species native to mainland Australia and parts of New Guinea and the Moluccas, with a characteristic barking voice.

Inflected Forms

barking owls (plural)

Synonyms

barking boobook winking owl

Questions

What does barking owl mean?: Ninox connivens, a medium-sized owl species native to mainland Australia and parts of New Guinea and the Moluccas, with a characteristic barking voice.

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