- spulqwitth’e’
- spəlqʷit̓ᶿeʔ
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owl: screech owl
Details
- Parse string
- s=√pulqw=itth’e’
- Interlinear gloss
-
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- spulqwitth’e’
- spəlqʷit̓ᶿeʔ
- Noun
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screech owl (western), ghost
Details
- Ethnobiological notes
- The western screech-owl is a mottled grey medium-sized owl with ear tufts. It is locally known as the “whistling owl”. Screech-owls feed on various small animals, including insects, small mammals and other small vertebrates. The name for this owl also means ‘ghost’.
- Binomial name
- [Otus kennicottii (Elliot)]