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Use "howlet" in a sentence
"A howlet, man! — an absolute owl, whom I am ashamed of!"
"And did not I fear for thy sake, I would not let a single sun arise before making his city a ruined heap wherein raven should croak and howlet hoot, and jackal and wolf harbour and loot; nay I had removed its very stones to the back side of Mount Kaf."
"Perhaps an howlet or a bat or some other furtive creature."