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Strix
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strix
Translingual
Etymology
From mul la strix, from mul grc στρίξ screecher. The word was first featured in the lost Ornithologia of Boios and later in Pseudolus of Plautus.Cherubini Laura The Virgin, the Bear, the Upside-Down Strix: An Interpretation of Antoninus Liberalis 21 Arethusa 2009 42 1 77–97 10.1353/are.0.0016
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Strigidae
Hypernyms
genus ; Striginae subfamily - subfamily
Hyponyms
genus Strix aluco species - type species; for other species see 1
Derived terms
Lophostrix genus
†Oraristrix genus
Strigops genus
References
Strix (genus) Strix (genus)
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mul Birds