howlet

== English == === Alternative forms === hewlet, houlet === Etymology === From Middle English howlat, howlott etc, either borrowed from French hulotte or formed from Middle English howle (form of oule) + -et. Compare modern owlet. === Noun === howlet (plural howlets) An owl; an owlet. ==== References ==== “howlet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === thowel