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Definition of Strigine
1. a. Of or pertaining to owls; owl-like.
Definition of Strigine
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to owls. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strigine
1. owl-like [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strigine
Literary usage of Strigine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1915)
"In my own mind, I picture a large strigine form, which was, as I say, larger than
Bubo virginianus, and perhaps a diurnal species exhibiting similar habits. ..."
2. Beasts, Men and Gods by Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1922)
"... who ordered them not only to disarm but to pillage the convoy and, unfortunately,
Lieutenant strigine executed this illegal and unwarranted command. ..."
3. Catalogue of the Specimens and Drawings of Mammalia and Birds of Nepal and by British Museum, Brian Houghton Hodgson (1846)
"Indication of a new genus belonging to the strigine family, with a description
of the new species and type.—Madras JL $• S. v. 1837,;>. 23. ..."
4. Catalogue of the Specimens and Drawings of Mammalia and Birds of Nepal and by B. N. Hodgson (1846)
"On a new piscatory genus of the strigine family. ... Indication of a new genus
belonging to the strigine family, with a description of the new species and ..."
5. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"... the nail of the third toe found in it is no longer to be taken as of much
importance in the group. In ; the second paper a new genus of strigine Owls is ..."
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