Ulūka [Sanskrit ulūka; cf. Latin ulucus and ulula owl, uluḷāre to howl, German uhu; onomatopoetic °ul, as in Greek ὀλολύζω, Sanskrit ululi, Lithuanian uluti] — an owl Vin I 186 (°camma, sandals of owl's skin); III 34; A V 289 f.; Ja II 208, 352 (as king of the birds); Miln 403; Dhp-a I 50 (kāka- crows and owls). -pakkha owls' wings (used as dress) Vin I 305; D I 167; -pakkhika dress of owls' wings, or owl feathers A I 241, 296; II 206; Pp 55 (= ulūka-pattāni ganthetvā kata-nivāsanaṃ Pp-a 233).
(masc, masc, onom) owl