GENUS STRIX
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Strix mean?
• GENUS STRIX (noun)
The noun GENUS STRIX has 1 sense:
1. owls lacking ear tufts
Familiarity information: GENUS STRIX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS STRIX (noun)
Meaning:
Owls lacking ear tufts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Strix; Strix
Hypernyms ("genus Strix" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Strix"):
great gray owl; great grey owl; Strix nebulosa (large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia)
Strix aluco; tawny owl (reddish-brown European owl having a round head with black eyes)
barred owl; Strix varia (large owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown)
spotted owl; Strix occidentalis (a large owl of North America found in forests from British Columbia to central Mexico; has dark brown plumage and a heavily spotted chest)
Holonyms ("genus Strix" is a member of...):
family Strigidae; Strigidae (a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes)
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