Deathbird
Pronunciation : Death"bird`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Tengmalm's or Richardson's owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi); -- so called from a superstition of the North American Indians that its note presages death.
(Zo?l.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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