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Bird of night   /bərd əv naɪt/   Listen
Bird of night

noun
1.
Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.  Synonyms: bird of Minerva, hooter, owl.






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"Bird of night" Quotes from Famous Books



... soft shape did to the waist prevail, But the boy ended in a dragon's tail. I told the stern Minerva all that passed, But for my pains, discarded and disgraced, The frowning goddess drove me from her sight, And for her favourite chose the bird of night. Be then no tell-tale; for I think my wrong Enough to teach a bird to hold her tongue. 'But you, perhaps, may think I was removed, As never by the heavenly maid beloved: 50 But I was loved; ask Pallas if I lie; Though Pallas hate me now, she won't deny: For I, ...
— The Poetical Works of Addison; Gay's Fables; and Somerville's Chase • Joseph Addison, John Gay, William Sommerville



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