DEATHBIRD

Death"bird`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Tengmalm's or Richardson's owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi); -- so called from a superstition of the North American Indians that its note presages death.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ALLERGIC

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