HOWLET

Source: 566, 567

howlet. Howlet, n. a bird of the owl kind, ash colored

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Howl″et (?), n. [[Equiv. to owlet, influenced by howl: cf. F. hulotte, OHG. h�wela, hiuwela.]] (Zoöl.) An owl; an owlet. [Written also houlet.] R. Browning.