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Definition of Strix
1. Noun. Owls lacking ear tufts.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Strigidae, Strigidae
Member holonyms: Great Gray Owl, Great Grey Owl, Strix Nebulosa, Strix Aluco, Tawny Owl, Barred Owl, Strix Varia, Spotted Owl, Strix Occidentalis
Definition of Strix
1. n. One of the flutings of a column.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strix
Literary usage of Strix
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1840)
"LITTLE OWL, Strix passerina, Wils. Amer. Om., vol. iv. p. 61. Strix ... Strix, Linn.
SCREECH-OWL. Bill short, compressed, deep, strong; upper mandible with ..."
2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"Birds and quadrupeds, and even fish (in the case of Strix nyctea and ...
Very wide ; extending as high as the Polar Sea, where Strix ..."
3. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1875)
"Strix furcata, Temm. PI. Col. i. pi. 432; U Orb. in De la Sagra"s HB ip 194 ;
Shelley, ... Strix splendens, Brehm, tcp 270. Strix maculata, Brehm, tcp 270. ..."
4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1891)
"... and that the bird was in full flesh, not fat at all, and was a not very old
female.—AUSTIN F. PARK, Troy, NY American Barn Owl {Strix ..."
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