Kauz.
owl; (specifically) strigid
Meaning & usage
owl; (specifically) strigid
crank, odd fellow, codger
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle High German kūz, kūze, from Old High German *kūz, from Proto-West Germanic *kūt, from Proto-West Germanic *kūt (“bird of prey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gū- (“to cry, screech”). Cognate with Old English cȳta (“kite, bittern”). See kite. For the sense "crank, old codger" compare English coot (“a foolish or eccentric old person”), which also refers to the bird known as the coot.
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