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    An owlet is a young owl, still small, often fluffy, still in the nest or only just learning to fly. People use it the way they use or : the baby of that animal. It is a gentle, slightly story-book word; a scientist might just say a young owl or a chick, but nature writing and children’s books like owlet. It is not a kind of owl with a different name — it is the age. Though actually, -et here is an old little-making ending, so owlet is “little owl”, which is why people also use it for a small owl even when they are not being exact about age.

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組成owl + -et (an old ending that makes something smaller or younger). There is an older word howlet that is built in a similar way.

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  • owlowlet is a young or little owl
  • howletan older or dialect word that also means a little owl

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

owletnoun/ˈaʊlət/

  • 1

    A young owl; owling.

  • 2

    One of a species of small owls, such as Athene noctua.

  • 3

    An owlet moth.

    • Noticeable features found in many of the owlets are two markings that often appear on the upper forewings.

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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。