鸮xiao
脊椎动物，鸟纲，鸱鸮(chixiao)科各种类的通称。嘴和爪弯曲锐利，嘴基具有蜡膜。两眼较大，位于正前方，眼周的羽毛形成“面盘”。听、视觉灵敏。全身羽毛大多为褐色，散缀细斑，密而松软，飞行时无声。多在夜间或黄昏活动，肉食性，主食鼠类，也捕食小鸟或大型昆虫，为农林益鸟。代表动物有如耳鸮，雕鸮，角鸮等。鸮又称“猫头鹰”。俗称“夜猫子”。
图359 鸮
- pocket borough
- pocket gopher
- Pocono Mountains
- Podgorny，Nikolai Viktorovich
- Podhoretz，Norman
- podiatry
- Podolsk
- podzol
- poet laureate
- poetry
- Poe，Edgar Allan
- Poggio Bracciolini，Gian Francesco
- Pogonophore
- pogrom
- poikilothermal animal
- poikilothermy
- Poincare，Jules Henri
- poinciana
- Poineare，Raymond
- poinsettia
- Pointe-Noire
- pointer
- Pointe—a—Pitre
- Point Four Program
- pointillism