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Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

A baby barn owl

I am reading "The Owl who was afraid of the Dark" with my son.
"Plop was a baby barn owl, and he lived with his mummy and daddy at the top of a very tall tree in a field.
He had a beautiful heart-shaped ruff.
Is "barn" an adjective? and what does it mean in "a baby barn owl"?
  

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Jigneshbharati a baby barn owl a very young barn owl, probably born fairly recently "barn owl" is a compound noun that refers to a particular kind (species) of owl. To know this, all you need is a dictionary. barn owl: mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures CJ

  • Jigneshbharati a baby barn owl a very young barn owl, probably born fairly recently "barn owl" is a compound noun that refers to a particular kind (species) of owl.
  • To know this, all you need is a dictionary.
  • barn owl: mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures CJ
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Jigneshbharatia baby barn owl

a very young barn owl, probably born fairly recently

"barn owl" is a compound noun that refers to a particular kind (species) of owl. To know this, all you need is a dictionary.

barn owl: mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures

CJ

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A barn owl is a type of owl.

There is a snowy owl, Pel's Fishing Owl, burrowing owl, short-eared owl and many other types of owls.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Owl/id

https://en.wikipedia.org/w

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