owlet
noun [ C ] uk/ˈaʊ.lət/ us/ˈaʊ.lɪt/
小鸮，小猫头鹰
a young owl (= a bird with a flat face and large eyes that hunts small animals at night)
When the owls can't find food anymore, their owlets starve. 当猫头鹰找不到食物的时候，它们的小猫头鹰就会饿死。
We saw some newly hatched owlets. 我们看到一些刚孵化出来的小猫头鹰。
- More examples
- An owlet whistled in a tree.
- She tried raising owlets in her bedroom under a heat lamp.
- After fledging, the owlets spend three months with their parents.