screech : Idioms & Phrases

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Screech bird, ∨ Screech thrush

  • (Zoöl.), the fieldfare; so called from its harsh cry before rain.
Webster 1913

Screech hawk

  • (Zoöl.), the European goatsucker; so called from its note. Prov. Eng.
Webster 1913

Screech owl

  • noun any owl that has a screeching cry
  • noun small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle
    Otus asio.
WordNet
  • . (Zoöl.) (a) A small American owl (Scops asio), either gray or reddish in color . (b) The European barn owl. The name is applied also to other species.
Webster 1913

Screech rain

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Webster 1913