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Owl
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. An owl is a member of any of 222 currently known species of solitary, mainly nocturnal birds of prey in the order Strigiformes. Owls mostly hunt small mammals, insects, and other birds, though a few species specialize in hunting fish. They are found on al..

OWL
For the bird, see Owl. OWL is an acronym for: Web Ontology Language, a markup language for publishing and sharing data using ontologies on the World Wide Web.Overwhelmingly Large Telescope, a proposed optical telescope that would use a 100-meter-diameter main reflector.Object Windows Library, an o..

OWL/TV
OWL/TV is a children's educational television series that aired on the CBC, and then later on CTV, from 1986 to 1994. Its focus is nature and science discovery, emphasizing to viewers how they can have an impact on their own environment. PBS, BBC, ITV and Showtime also aired the show for a brief ..

Owlbear
The owlbear is a magical beast in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. Owlbears are approximately eight to ten feet tall and resemble a cross between an owl and bear. Owlbears are carnivorous creatures famed for their aggression and ferocity. The owlbear was featured prominently in artwork on t..

Owlerton Stadium
Owlerton Stadium is a greyhound racing track in Owlerton near Hillsborough in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. It is operated by the A & S Leisure Group, the majority shareholder of which is Dave Allen. Allen is also the chairman of football team Sheffield Wednesday who play at the nearby Hillsborough ..

Owlet
Owlet can refer to: A young owl.A number of small species of owls in the family Strigidae.A type of moth (owlet moth).This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to poin..

Owlet-nightjar
Owlet-nightjars are small nocturnal birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. Most are native to New Guinea, but some species extend to Australia, the Moluccas, and New Caledonia. A large, flightless species known as Megaegotheles novaesealandiae became extinct as a consequence of human colon..

OWLF
OWLF is the name of the fictional precision pheromone detection system (a network of modular detectors), which was used by the character Keyes and his men in their effort to track and capture the titular alien character in the science fiction film Predator 2. What the acronym stands for is not appa..

Owlflight
Owlflight by Mercedes Lackey is the first in a new trilogy in her Valdemar/ Velgarth universe. Set in the years after the Mage Storms series it concentrates on an unhappy young orphan named Darian being brought up in a secluded village by the local mage after his parent's death. The Story (Warning ..

Owling
Owling was a common term for the smuggling of sheep or wool from England to another country, particularly France. The practice was illegal in England from 1367 until 1824. Participants were called "owlers"; their ships "owling boats." The origins of the term are obscure, and it seems to have deve..

Owlman
Owlman is also a DC Comics supervillain. Owlman, sometimes referred to as the Cornish Owlman or The Owlman of Mawnan, was a cryptozoological creature that was sighted in the late 70s in the village of Mawnan, in Cornwall. Reports of sightings In the year of 1976, two young girls claimed to have s..

Owlman (comics)
Owlman is a fictional supervillain who appears in stories published by DC Comics. He is an evil counterpart of Batman, and a member of the criminal organization, the Crime Syndicate of America. Owlman first appeared in Justice League of America #29 in 1964. Pre-Crisis In his original pre-Crisis ..

Owlpen
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Owlpen is a village in Gloucestershire, England, set in a picturesque valley in the Cotswold hills. It is abou..

Owlshead Mountains
The Owlshead Mountains are located at the southern end of Death Valley National Park near the border of the Fort Irwin Military Reservation in eastern California, USA. The range lies north of the Granite Mountains and northwest of the Avawatz Mountains. The mean annual precipitation in the range is ..

Owlswick
Owlswick is a hamlet in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, about 3 miles E of Thame and 4 miles SSE of Aylesbury. It is part of the parish of Monks Risborough. The hamlet was not mentioned either in the Domesday Book of 1086, nor in later manorial records, presumedly because it has never had a manor..

Owls (band)
Owls were an indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois, from 2001-2002. The band was formed by the original lineup of seminal experimental indie rock band Cap'n Jazz soon after its second breakup (the first came in 1994); Cap'n Jazz guitarist Davey Von Bohlen, who played in the band's second incarnatio..

Owls Head, Maine
Owls Head is a town in Knox County, Maine, USA. The population was 1,601 at the 2000 census. The community is home to the Knox County Regional Airport. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 50.8 km² (19.6 mi²). 23.0 km² (8.9 mi²) of it is land an..

Owlwoman
Owlwoman is a fictional character, a superheroine in the DC Universe. Character history Wenonah Littlebird is a full-blooded Native American from Oklahoma who represents the Cherokee tribe. She became Owlwoman and was first seen helping Hawkman and his wife Hawkwoman dismantle a bomb in the darkn..

Owly
Owly is an American comic book series created by Andy Runton and published by Top Shelf Productions. The series, which is largely without standard text dialogue, is about the adventures of a gentle owl named Owly who resolves to do good and make friends in his world with the help of his good comp..

Owl (comics)
The Owl, real name Leland Owlsley, is a supervillain who frequently menaces Daredevil and other heroes in Marvel Comics' universe, notably Spider-Man and the Black Cat. The character first appeared in Daredevil v1 #3 (August 1964). The Owl's appearance resembles a foppish version of Wolverine, tho..

Owl (disambiguation)
Owl can refer to Owl, any one of about 220 species of mainly nocturnal birds of preyOwl, the Winnie the Pooh characterOWL the three letter acronymOwl, a villain in the Marvel Universe ..

Owl (Winnie the Pooh)
In the fictional world of the book series and cartoon Winnie the Pooh, Owl is a wise old owl who happens to be a friend of Winnie the Pooh. He constantly tells stories about his relatives, and in the Disney cartoon, he speaks in Received Pronunciation. In the books, the quality of Owl's "wisdom" is ..

Owl butterfly
Members of the butterfly genus Caligo are known as the owl butterflies. They are native to Central and South America. Their name is derived from the presence eysepots on their wings, which are used to scare away predators. External links [Pictures of the Owl butterfly][Owl butter..

Owl Creek
Owl Creek is a community located 10 miles Northwest of Murphy, North Carolina, USA It is named this from a family of Cherokee Indians that lived there. The last battle of the Civil War was fought at the head of Owl Creek and Hanging Dog Creeks. ..

Owl Creek, Wyoming
Owl Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 11 at the 2000 census. Geography Owl Creek is located at [43°46′49″N, 108°34′6″W] (43.780165, -108.568453)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the Uni..

Owl Creek Mountains
The Owl Creek Mountains in Wyoming are shown highlighted on a map of the western United States The Owl Creek Mountains (highest point, 9,665 ft/2,946 m) are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains in central Wyoming in the United States, running E-W to form a bridge between the Absaroka Range to th..

Owl Creek Quickstep
"Owl Creek Quickstep" was a song written by American songwriter Dan Emmett. The title refers to one of the earliest settlements in Knox County, Ohio. It was commonly sung by blackface minstrels. References Sacks, Howard L, and Sacks, Judith (1993). Way up North in Dixie: A Black Family's Claim to..

Owl fly
Owl flys are Dragonfly-like insects with large bulging eyes and long knobbed antennae. they are neuropteran fly of the Ascalaphidae family. Owlflies are readily distinguished from dragonflies because the latter have short bristlelike antennae and hold their wings outstretched while resting. The c..

Owl Magazine
Owl Magazine is a popular Canadian children's magazine founded in 1976. Aimed at those between the ages of 9 and 13, it is published ten times per year, including (since 2001) a summer issue in a smaller 'digest' format. Although it continues to present itself as 'The Discovery Magazine for Kids', ..

Owl Nebula
Owl Nebula Planetary nebula } |- | Other designations | M97, NGC 3587 |- align="right" |} The Owl Nebula (also known as Messier Object 97 or NGC 3587) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781. M97 is regarded as one of the more compl..

Owl of Minerva
The owl of Minerva is the owl that accompanies Minerva in Roman myths. It was used by the nineteenth-century idealist philosopher G.W.F. Hegel to mean philosopher. Hegel noted that "the owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk" -- meaning that philosophy comes to unders..

Owl Ranch-Amargosa, Texas
Owl Ranch-Amargosa is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jim Wells County, Texas, United States. The population was 527 at the 2000 census. Geography Owl Ranch-Amargosa is located at [27°53′22″N, 98°6′32″W] (27.889475, -98.109000)[Geographic references#1GR1]. Accordi..

Owl Society
The Owl Society (or the Owls), is a secret society at the University of Pennsylvania. The group's membership and organization are not publicly known. They apparently target male freshman from elite or affluent international backgrounds for recruitment. The Owls differentiate themselves from compara..

Owl’s Hill Nature Center
The Owl's Hill Nature Center is a 160-acre wildlife sanctuary in northern Williamson County, Tennessee. It falls under the governance of the Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art in Nashville. Fossil traces in Ordovician limestone and 300-year-old giant trees, vestiges of the great eastern ..

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