Owl
From Plastic Tub
(Difference between revisions)
| Revision as of 23:36, 23 Apr 2005 Adkins (Talk | contribs) ← Go to previous diff |
Revision as of 23:38, 23 Apr 2005 Adkins (Talk | contribs) Go to next diff → |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
| <td width="*" align="left" valign="top"> | <td width="*" align="left" valign="top"> | ||
| - | '''Owl''' ''n.'' '''1.''' Nocturnal bird of prey.'''2.''' | + | '''Owl''' ''n.'' '''1.''' Nocturnal bird of prey.'''2.''' A coin first produced by the Athenian tyrant Peisistratus, using silver from the Laurion mines 25 miles south of Athens, in 546 BCE. |
| == Usage == | == Usage == | ||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
| </td> | </td> | ||
| - | <td width="180px" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #E0E0E0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;">[[Image:Great Horned Owl.USFWS.jpg|thumb|The Great Horned Owl]] | + | <td width="180px" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #E0E0E0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"> [[Image:Great Horned Owl.USFWS.jpg|thumb|The Great Horned Owl]] |
Revision as of 23:38, 23 Apr 2005
|
Owl n. 1. Nocturnal bird of prey.2. A coin first produced by the Athenian tyrant Peisistratus, using silver from the Laurion mines 25 miles south of Athens, in 546 BCE. UsageJorge Suarez once wrote about an encounter he had with a barn owl on a ranch in Venezuela: "Las chuetas malabuenas mirando la noche y torciendo el cogote en mil puertas giratorias. Las tres al mismo tiempo, gritaban: "carne carne" y luego volaban en un vuelo recortado." -- Journal excerpt, 1940. See Also |
 |
