Definition of "eagle-owl" [eagle-owl]

• Attributive form of eagle owl, noun. (adjective)

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• "Kuari was an eagle-owl, a bird which dwarfed all other birds except the bondbird eagles."
• "These include the Usambara eagle-owl (Bubo vosseleri, VU), banded sunbird (Anthreptes rubritorques, VU), and Mrs Moreaus warbler (Bathmocercus winifredae, VU)."
• "The eagle-owl resembles the common owl in shape, but it is quite as large as the eagle."