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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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¶STRATH-OWL, n. comb.? The screech-owl, Tyto alba. Nonce.Sc. 1868 J. Maidment Ballads 25:
The strath-owl, worst of all prodigious fowls.