枭 (xiāo) — (literario) búho, especialmente el autillo o búho cornudo

Definición

Ejemplos

• 在古代文学中，枭常被用来象征不祥之兆。
  Zài gǔ dài wén xué zhōng, xiāo cháng bèi yòng lái xiàng zhēng bù xiáng zhī zhào.
  In ancient literature, the owl was often used to symbolize an ill omen.
• 这种枭的叫声在夜晚听起来格外凄厉。
  Zhè zhǒng xiāo de jiào shēng zài yè wǎn tīng qǐ lái gé wài qī lì.
  The cry of this owl sounds especially piercing at night.
• 枭与猫头鹰虽同属鸮形目，但枭体型较小。
  xiāo Yǔ māo tóu yīng suī tóng shǔ xiāo xíng mù, dàn xiāo tǐ xíng jiào xiǎo.
  Although the scops owl and the common owl both belong to the order Strigiformes, the scops owl is smaller in body size.