Definition of Family Strigidae

1. Noun. A family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Strigidae

family Spirochaetaceae
family Spirulidae
family Squalidae
family Squatinidae
family Squillidae
family Staphylaceae
family Staphylinidae
family Steatornithidae
family Stenopelmatidae
family Stercorariidae
family Sterculiaceae
family Stichaeidae
family Stizidae
family Strelitziaceae
family Streptomycetaceae
family Strigidae (current term)
family Stromateidae
family Strombidae
family Strophariaceae
family Struthionidae
family Sturnidae
family Styracaceae
family Suidae
family Sulidae
family Sylviidae
family Symplocaceae
family Synchytriaceae
family Syngnathidae
family Synodontidae
family Tabanidae

Literary usage of Family Strigidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"... it can find a concealed crevice in which to deposit its four to six pure white eggs; size 1.70 x 1.30. HORNED OWL. family Strigidae 366. LONG-EARED OWL. ..."

2. Birdcraft: A Field Book of Two Hundred Song, Game, and Water Birds by Mabel Osgood Wright (1917)
"Seen perching on stumps aud dead trees over the water watching for fish. ORDER RAPTORES: BIRDS OF PRET. family Strigidae: Barn Owls. Page 206. 1 Species. ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly (1877)
"To aid both memory and judgment, the following scheme is offered : FAMILY. Strigidae.—The Owls. SUB-FAMILIES. 1. ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1900)
"... on the Morphology of the Cranium and the Auricular Openings in the North- European Species of the family Strigidae. Journ. Morph. Vol. xvii. No. ..."

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