'Scops owl' definitions:
Definition of 'scops owl'
From: WordNet
noun
Any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call
Definition of 'Scops owl'
From: GCIDE
- Scops owl \Scops" owl`\ [NL. scops, fr. Gr. ? the little horned owl.] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small owls of the genus Scops having ear tufts like those of the horned owls, especially the European scops owl (Scops giu), and the American screech owl (Scops asio). [1913 Webster] Scoptic