howlet means an owl; an owlet. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
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
- An owl; an owlet.“Will the night send a howlet or a bat? / I asked: when something on the dismal flat / Came to arrest my thoughts and change their train.”