1) an unclean bird

1a) owl, ostrich, literally translated as "daughters of the owl"

1b) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

Root √יען: יען בַּת יַעֲנָה Syriac Syriac avidus, cupidus Arabic Arabic daughter of greed ostrich voracious daughter of the desert steppe hard, unproductive soil father of the plains (√ of foll.; acc. to Ges Ew GGA 1864, No. 27 Aram. ; hence=, ofasbird; but Wetzst Del Jb 31, 39 =or, from; cf. the Arab. name.)

יַעֲנָה n.f greed ostrich .(?);—