Strix
See also: strix
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Latin strix, from Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx, “screecher”). The word was first featured in the lost Ornithologia of Boios and later in Pseudolus of Plautus.[1]
Proper noun edit
Strix f
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Strigiformes - order; Strigidae - family; Striginae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Strix aluco - type species; for other species see
Strix on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Cherubini, Laura (2009) “The Virgin, the Bear, the Upside-Down Strix: An Interpretation of Antoninus Liberalis 21”, in Arethusa, volume 42, number 1, , pages 77–97
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
Strix (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Strix on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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