Also 8–9 wapacuthu. [American Indian; Watkins, Cree Dict., 1865 has the form wapikunee; the Montagnais form is given as wapikulu.] ‘A large white spotted owl, believed to be the common snowy owl, Nyctea scandiaca’ (Cent. Dict.).
1785. Pennant, Arct. Zool., II. 231. Red, Mottled, and Wapacuthu Owl. Ibid., 232. Called by the Indians, Wapacuthu, or the Spotted Owl.
1828–32. Webster, Wapacut, the spotted owl of Hudson’s Bay.
