ŭlŭla, ae, f. (sc. avis) [kindr. with Sanscr. ulūka; old Germ. uwila, ūla; new Germ. Eule; Engl. owl; cf. Gr. o)lolu/zw], a screechowl whose cry was of ill omen, Varr. L. L. 5, 11, 75 Müll.; Plin. 10, 12, 16, 34; cf. id. 30, 13, 39, 118; Verg. E. 8, 55.—Prov.: homines eum pejus formidant quam fullo ululam, Varr. Sat. Men. 86, 4.