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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Saw-whet n. Zool. A small North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of ear tufts and having feathered toes; -- called also Acadian owl.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 A·ca·di·an a. Of or pertaining to Acadia, or Nova Scotia. “Acadian farmers.” --Longfellow.  -- n. A native of Acadie.
 Acadian epoch Geol., an epoch at the beginning of the American paleozoic time, and including the oldest American rocks known to be fossiliferous. See Geology.
 Acadian owl Zool., a small North American owl (Nyctule Acadica); the saw-whet.
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