GENUS STRIX

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 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)

Sense 1

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)