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A-Z: Animal names containing "ow"

How many of these words for animals containing "ow" can you guess?
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Last updated: April 12, 2025
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Animal
A
Common, large, black bird of the USA
American crow
B
Huge sea mammal with a body part in its name
Bowhead whale
C
Farm animal which says "moo"
Cow
D
Feathery-sounding species of bird which taps trees with its beak
Downy woodpecker
E
Nocturnal hunting bird named after a magnificent raptor
Eagle owl
F
Fish whose name begins with a colourful plant, then the pointy bit of a rhinoceros
Flowerhorn fish
G
Firefly
Glowworm
H
Primate which makes a loud noise like a wolf
Howler monkey
I
Species of common, chirping urban bird from a European country
Italian sparrow
J
Bird from the island where Jakarta is, which jabs at the petals of plants with its beak
Javan flowerpecker
K
Four-word snake which can be defined thus: "Murderer", "Circus comedian", "Sphere" and "Large constrictor"
Killer clown ball python
L
Huge primate not found in mountain areas
Lowland gorilla
M
Another type of constrictor, named after the shine from Earth's satellite
Moonglow boa
N
Flightless, chocolate-coloured bird from Auckland's isle
North Island brown kiwi
O
Hooting bird associated with wisdom
Owl
P
If we assemble the words for "Dust", "Mail" and a type of insect, we can work it out
Powderpost beetle
Q
Crustacean whose name appears to mean a 4-segmented version of Irish golfer Shane
Quadrisegmentum lowryi
R
Relative of the cricket, a species named after an arc of multi-coloured light
Rainbow grasshopper
S
Rare, light-coloured big cat of the Asian mountains
Snow Leopard
T
European species of O named after a brownish colour
Tawny owl
U
A cousin of the above, from the hills of central Russia
Ural owl
V
Summer migrant bird with a long forked tail, which makes mud nests in barns; this species is purple and grass-coloured
Violet-green swallow
W
Another summer migrant to Britain, a woodland bird named after a type of riverside tree
Willow warbler
X
Species of frog whose name sounds more like a foreign cat which uses the Force
Xenopus poweri
Y
Bunting whose name means a lemon-coloured tool for bashing nails in
Yellowhammer
Z
Another chirping bird, named after a Mexican revolutionary
Zapata sparrow
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