OLD TESTAMENT

Leviticus 11:17

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17

the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,

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Verse 17. Owl, or the onocrotalus, which makes a hideous noise like an assibis, a bird adored in Egypt. Bochart takes the Hebrew to mean an owl, as well as the following term, swan, ( Calmet.) which is not probable.

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