Chouette is a French word meaning " owl" which has other uses. ; Species of owl * Chouette D'Ussher, the

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(''Scotopelia ussheri'') ; Uses relating to owls * La chouette, a character portraying an owl in the opera '' L'enfant et les sortilèges'' by French composer Maurice Ravel * "La chouette", a song by French composer Jeanne Herscher-Clément * ''La chouette'', a series of short CGI-animated episodes for children's television; see ''The Owl'' (TV series) * ''La chouette aveugle'', the original French name of ''The Blind Owl'' (film) of 1987 * La chouette d'or, a French treasure hunt created by Régis Hauser in 1993; see the Golden Owl quest * "La chouette hulotte" (the tawny owl), a piece for solo piano in ''

Catalogue d'oiseaux ''Catalogue d'oiseaux'' ("Catalogue of birds") is a work for piano solo by Olivier Messiaen consisting of thirteen pieces, written between October 1956 and September 1958. It is devoted to birds and dedicated to his second wife Yvonne Loriod. Pre ...

'' (195658) by French composer

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* ''Le cri de la chouette'', an autobiographical novel of 1972 by Hervé Bazin * ''Girouette la chouette'', a children's book of 2007 by

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* ''Quand la chouette s'envole'', a 1979 publication of Alexandre Astruc ; Other uses *

Backgammon chouette The backgammon chouette is a variant of backgammon for three or more players. Traditionally played in person, today, the internet allows this form of backgammon to be played across different countries and various platforms. The chouette is a fast-pa ...

, a variant of the game of backgammon for three or more players * Chouette Records, a US recording company * Éditions Chouette / Chouette Publishing, based in Montreal, Canada, known for children's books featuring Caillou *

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, nicknamed ''Les Chouettes''

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