strix

IPA: strˈɪks

Examples of "strix" in Sentences

Romans called the owl strix pl. striges, the same word that meant "witch."
Another kind of screech owl (strix) has its name from its strident (stridet) call.
Some folks at strix. org.uk responded by creating a "Shocked Robin" cover generator.
semper, et tectis strix uiolenta canat: ipsa fame stimulante furens herbasque sepulcris
Among the birds that are found here, are the eagle, various species, (falco); owl (strix); king bird
Of moths, too, there are great numbers, -- among them, the Erebus strix, the largest of its family, sometimes measuring nearly a foot in expanse of wing.
The ‘strix’ is supposed to have been the screech owl, and was a favorite bird with the enchanters, who were supposed to have the power of assuming that form.
But the Juillard Dictionnaire Inverse de la Langue FranÃ§aise lists twenty rhymes, among them bombyx, hÃ©lix, prolixe, and strix; and we may add the great name of VercingÃ©torix.
Bombyx and hÃ©lix are a little special for poetry (the latter meant only the exterior contour of the ear), and strix was not to be found in dictionaries current during MallarmÃ©'s lifetime.