Definition of Strigidae

1. Noun. A family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Strigidae

Strepera
Strephon
Strepsiceros
Strepsirhini
Streptococcus anhemolyticus
Streptomyces erythreus
Streptomyces griseus
Streptomyces scabies
Streptomycetaceae
Streptopelia
Streptopelia risoria
Streptopelia turtur
Streptosolen
Streptosolen jamesonii
Strickland
Strigidae
Strigiformes
Strindberg
Strindbergian
Strine
Strix
Strix aluco
Strix nebulosa
Strix occidentalis
Strix varia
Strizostedion vitreum glaucum
Strobilomyces
Strobilomyces floccopus
Stroh violin
Stroheim

Literary usage of Strigidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"... it can find a concealed crevice in which to deposit its four to six pure white eggs; size 1.70 x 1.30. HORNED OWL. Family strigidae 366. LONG-EARED OWL. ..."

2. The Collected Scientific Papers of the Late Alfred Henry Garrod by Alfred Henry Garrod, William Alexander Forbes (1881)
"The strigidae, Caprimulgidae, Coraciidae, Momotidae, ... Among these, the strigidae differ from all the rest and resemble the Eagles, ..."

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