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鹰鸮

yīng xiāo

2-character word Traditional 鷹鴞

What 鹰鸮 means

1. (bird species of China) brown boobook; brown hawk-owl (Ninox scutulata)

The characters in 鹰鸮

• 鹰yīnggeneral term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)
• 鸮xiāoowl (order Strigiformes)

Example sentences

• 鹰鸮和仓鸮有什么区别？
  Yīngxiāo hé cāngxiāo yǒu shénme qūbié?
  What's the difference between an eagle-owl and a barn owl?