nicker vs scops owl

nicker

noun
  • A type of mythological sea creature or sea monster; also, a water sprite; a nix or nixie; a mermaid or merman. 

  • Pound sterling. 

  • The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored. 

  • nigger. 

  • A snigger or suppressed laugh. 

  • Someone who nicks (steals) something, a thief. 

  • A soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse. 

verb
  • To make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse. 

  • To produce a snigger or suppressed laugh. 

  • To snatch or steal. 

scops owl

noun
  • Any owl of the Old World genus Otus. 

  • A small European migratory owl, Otus scops, that winters in sub-Saharran Africa. 

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