Strix

See also: strix

Translingual

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

Strix f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Strigidae.

Hypernyms

• (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

• (genus): Strix aluco - type species; for other species see Strix on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Derived terms

• Lophostrix
• †Oraristrix
• Strigops

References

• 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
• Strix on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons