Strix
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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.[1]
Proper noun
Strix f
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
References
- ^ 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
Strix on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
