貓頭鷹

猫头鹰
māotóuyīng
owl

CEDICT

owl (bird) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)

Wiktionary

動物名。鳥綱鴟鴞目。眼睛大而圓，肉食性，晝伏夜出，有強有力的嘴和爪，吃鼠、麻雀等小動物，對農業有益。

重編國語辭典

鴞形目（Strigiformes）的鳥類

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 貓 māo
  1. (dialect) to hide oneself
  2. (loanword) (coll.) modem

classifier: 隻
=2 頭 tóu
  1. head
  2. hair style
  3. the top
  4. end
  5. beginning or end
  6. a stub
  7. remnant
  8. chief
  9. boss
  10. side
  11. aspect
  12. first
  13. leading
  14. classifier for pigs or livestock

classifier: 個
=2 頭 tou suffix for nouns
3 鷹 yīng general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)

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  2. (fig.) night owl
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  1. owl
  2. valiant
  3. trafficker
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